Primarily Context Based is the Tech Leader's Guide to questions with more than one right answer, from the creators of CTO Craft and Skiller Whale. We talk about what needs to be considered when you're tackling tech decision topics like: "should we use Kubernetes?", or management topics like "how do I address diversity in my team?" or process topics like "are daily stand-ups a total waste of time?"
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Primarily Context Based is the Tech Leader's Guide to questions with more than one right answer, from the creators of CTO Craft and Skiller Whale. We talk about what needs to be considered when you're tackling tech decision topics like: "should we use Kubernetes?", or management topics like "how do I address diversity in my team?" or process topics like "are daily stand-ups a total waste of time?"
Ep - 10 - I’m scaling fast: Should I scale people or processes first? feat. Chris Conolly (Director of Software Engineering at Gousto)
The Pod Presents: Primarily Context-Based
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4 years ago
Ep - 10 - I’m scaling fast: Should I scale people or processes first? feat. Chris Conolly (Director of Software Engineering at Gousto)
In this episode, Hywel and Chris discuss the challenges of growing quickly. Is it people or processes that you should scale first? How should you structure your teams to maximize scaling? What happens if you have enough people but not the right processes in place and how important is consistency?
Chris is a self-described "passionate technology leader" with over a decade's experience leading teams at some of London's most well-known scale-ups. He's currently the Director of Software Engineering at Gousto and helping shape the rapid growth of the Tech team there as the company consistently outperforms its expectations and sets the ambition ever higher.
Hywel Carver is the Co-Founder and CEO of Skiller Whale, a SaaS company enabling development for developers. Hywel was a CTO for a variety of VC-backed companies for over 10 years, ran Tech Leader Dinners, and coached other CTOs. He’s a published curriculum author and avid blogger.
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The Pod Presents: Primarily Context-Based
Primarily Context Based is the Tech Leader's Guide to questions with more than one right answer, from the creators of CTO Craft and Skiller Whale. We talk about what needs to be considered when you're tackling tech decision topics like: "should we use Kubernetes?", or management topics like "how do I address diversity in my team?" or process topics like "are daily stand-ups a total waste of time?"
