Guest Info
Daniel is the Director of the Startup Lab and Professor of Entrepreneurship in EPITA. He advises CEOs and CTOs of high-growth start-ups in managing their Tech Organizations. Daniel is also the founder of the first startup accelerator in Paris.
In this conversation, we discuss why software engineers only enjoy talking business amongst each other, and why Daniel thinks software engineers are well suited to be CEOs.
We go over what it takes to scale software teams: how leaders must evolve their management style, how to identify good software talent and how to build a structure that eliminates chaotic software development.
Finally, we discuss the evolution of organizational structures as tech teams scale, and why leaders should iterate on their Organizational Structure the same way they do on their products.
This episode is very well-suited for anybody who is interested in software development and build a tech product.
Twitter: @djarjoura
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Show Notes
[08:15] Why Engineers talk business with only other engineers
[12:00] Why CEOs should be Engineers
[17:15] The reason there aren’t enough technical Founders in the Middle East
[20:35] The maximum number of engineers per team
[22:55] Moving from Problem Solver to Manager
[24:50] Assessing Technical and Interpersonal skills when Recruiting Software Engineerss
[28:40] The Hurricane - and why companies rely on engineers that are at ad-hoc work.
[36:45] How to recover from The Hurricane and build a solid framework
[40:05] Measuring the health of a tech system by identifying its constraints
[42:05] Applying the concept of Change Freezes to Tech Teams
[43:20] The concept of deadlines in Tech Teams
[50:15] Iterating on the Organizational Structure & Looking at the organization like you look at aa product.
[57:40] Daniel’s experience with building his startup
[60:00] The One-Person Company vs Freelancing
[65:08] Kindest thing anybody has done for you
