Expanding Beyond

Episode 13: Project rollercoaster

9 December 2020 | 44 mins 11 secs

In this episode we discuss the difficulties of communicating technical projects to other teams and to the company as a whole as well as what the difference is between having a role and having a title.

Episode 12: Let's Talk About Estimations

25 November 2020 | 31 mins 45 secs

Monica and Urban discussion estimations, the dangers around them, and how to do them right ... if you really have to.

Episode 11: WTF is quark‽

11 November 2020 | 39 mins 47 secs

In this episode we discuss mobile testing (again), pair managing, and online conferences.

Episode 10: I just like tests so much

28 October 2020 | 34 mins 35 secs

Monica and Urban discuss testing JavaScript apps (especially those that have never been tested before) and moving to a more stable server setup.

Episode 9: You don't want ortogonal vectors

30 September 2020 | 33 mins 38 secs

We discuss project planning and company wide alignment.

Episode 8: I understand your CTO

16 September 2020 | 35 mins 12 secs

We discuss how to handle outages and how to measure productivity for managers.

Episode 7: We are young in our minds

2 September 2020 | 33 mins 2 secs

We discussing hiring and how we define seniority in the field and getting there.

Episode 6: Writing Is Not Easy

19 August 2020 | 36 mins 16 secs

We discuss testing react apps, an overflowing (but groomed) backlog, iOS development, weekly reviews. Monica also discovers that writing is hard. 😱

Episode 5: Monkey See, Monkey Do

5 August 2020 | 36 mins 9 secs

Monica and Urban discuss meta programming Ruby, being a good manager and TDD.

Episode 4: Let's Build A Bridge And See If It Holds

17 July 2020 | 36 mins 33 secs

Monica and Urban discuss the differences (or lack thereof) between "real" and software engineering, the bus factor, and being kind to your users.

Episode 3: Self-Organising Teams and Strategic Planning

22 June 2020 | 32 mins 21 secs

In this episode Urban talks about his team and the challenges of working in a self-organising team and Monica discusses her experiences with strategic planning.

Episode 2: Of Course I Have An Opinion On That

7 June 2020 | 35 mins 15 secs

In this episode Monica and Urban discuss Genetic Programming and keeping notes and if it's useful to keep them or not.