Talks & panels

Building Engineering Teams That Last

On the systems and culture decisions that compound over years — hiring, onboarding, and the invisible work of retention.

People-First Engineering at Scale

A panel discussion on scaling engineering organizations without losing the culture that made them effective in the first place.

From IC to VP: What Changes and What Doesn't

A candid conversation about the transition from individual contributor to executive, and the identity shifts that come with it.

Diversity Is a Technical Problem

Why the systemic barriers facing underrepresented engineers require the same rigorous thinking we apply to technical debt.

Engineering Leadership in Regulated Industries

The Hidden Costs of Fast Hiring

How moving too fast in hiring compounds into attrition, technical debt, and culture drift — and how to slow down the right way.

Inclusive Engineering Cultures

Practical steps engineering leaders can take to move beyond diversity pledges and into structural change.

What Streaming Media Taught Me About Distributed Systems

Lessons from scaling video infrastructure at JW Player to hundreds of millions of plays — and how those patterns translate to any high-availability system.