Monica Giambitto
Co-Host of Expanding Beyond
Italian living in Germany. Dev at ❤️. I'm actually an Engineering Manager, currently at Freeletics. I do Ruby and Rails since 2011. once a Rubyst, always a Rubyst.
strong believer in agile, people empowerment, and growth mindset practitioner.
proud MC of Euruko in 2016, Ruby on Ice, BalkanRuby in 2018, Italian Ruby Day.
Monica Giambitto has hosted 37 Episodes.
-
Episode 25: We're on this earth to chill
16 June 2021 | 46 mins 50 secs
We discuss making big technical decisions, building vs. buying, how it's important to take a break from work and Monica's 10 year plan.
-
Episode 24: People make stuff up all the time
2 June 2021 | 41 mins 1 sec
In this episode we talk about how to manage errors and failures.
-
Episode 23: One year of podcasting
19 May 2021 | 42 mins 9 secs
In this episode we talk about what we learning during one year of podcasting.
-
-
Episode 21: Mental health
21 April 2021 | 48 mins
In this episode we talk about mental health, vulnerability as manager, burnout, therapy, and personal growth.
-
Episode 20: We won our OKRs!
7 April 2021 | 33 mins 39 secs
In this meandering episode we discuss feeling like a team when you're virtual, virtual conferences, and RubyDay in particular.
-
Episode 19: I'm a software developer at heart (an interview with Niels Liebisch)
24 March 2021 | 46 mins 4 secs
In this episode we talk to CTO Niels Liebisch about his management philosophy, handling outages, hiring, and bridging the gap between development and other departments.
-
Episode 18: The complexity is only moving around
10 March 2021 | 43 mins 24 secs
In this episode we talk about the monolith, SOA, microservices, and why each makes sense under certain circumstances. We cover the technical aspects as well as the organizational components of choosing an approach.
-
Episode 17: Avoid knowledge silos. Argh!!!
24 February 2021 | 34 mins 19 secs
In this episode we discuss knowledge silos, how to avoid them, and when they are actually useful.
-
Episode 16: What does it mean to work remote?
10 February 2021 | 48 mins 21 secs
In this episode we talk about working remotely. How it changed for some who have been doing it before, and the experiences of newcomers.
-
Episode 15: I'm not a piece of sh*t!
27 January 2021 | 49 mins 33 secs
We discuss CVs and the differences between managerial ones and those for ICs as well as the difficulties that can happen when employees leave and how to avoid them.
-
Episode 14: Working fully async (unblocking the mother lode)
23 December 2020 | 43 mins 34 secs
In this episode we answer our first listener question! We talk about a team that's distributed across many time zones and then end up discussing working fully async (instead of just working remotely).