Expanding Beyond
A tech podcast of sorts
About the show
Monica and Urban discuss their work life as developers and development managers.
Episodes
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Episode 36: You're so good that we will make you stop writing code
17 November 2021 | 38 mins 35 secs
In this episode we discuss the differences between working remotely and meeting in person. We also talk about the career path(s) of software developers that do not want to become managers.
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Episode 35: Shadow 360 review
3 November 2021 | 31 mins 57 secs
In this episode we talk about one on ones, 360 reviews, and performance reviews.
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Episode 34: How long does it take to build a dog house?
20 October 2021 | 44 mins 20 secs
In this episode we talk about estimations ... again.
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Episode 33: If you are out there, come to us!
6 October 2021 | 51 mins 58 secs
We discuss everything around internationalization of a product and an organization as well as the job of a product owner (and the lack of one on Monica's team).
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Episode 32: With a P50 probability
22 September 2021 | 35 mins 25 secs
We discuss estimations, what they are good for as well as legacy code.
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Episode 31: Human-centered leadership (an interview with Franziska Hauck)
8 September 2021 | 1 hr 17 mins
In this episode we talk to Franziska Hauck about coaching, being a manager, onboarding, and various other topics.
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Episode 30: It was too sunny at the beach
25 August 2021 | 36 mins 29 secs
We discuss picking jobs based on a tech stack you want to learn, engineering roadmaps, going on holidays, and high performing teams.
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Episode 29: How to approach chaos
11 August 2021 | 36 mins 47 secs
We discuss working in a start-up environment, making hard decisions when prioritizing, and the parallels between architecture and software development.
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Episode 28: Project management should be taught in school
28 July 2021 | 40 mins 40 secs
In this episode we discuss how Monica is doing in her new job, project management, stakeholder mapping, premortems, and project management.
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Episode 27: Random people are people, too
14 July 2021 | 38 mins 22 secs
In this episode we discuss greenfield applications, when they make sense, when they do not, and how to split out parts of an app.
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Episode 26: It's so weird to be in a new job
30 June 2021 | 47 mins 47 secs
We talk about Monica's new job, how she's approaching new jobs in general, and what management roles a team needs.
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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.