Will Larson is currently CTO at Carta. He was previously CTO at Calm and worked at Stripe, Uber, Digg, and several other companies. In this video, he discusses engineering best practices and engineering management.

Will Larson Books:
An elegant puzzle: Systems of Engineering Management – https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08RMSHYGG
Staff Engineer: Leadership beyond the management career – https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08RMSHYGG

Making Things Think: How AI and Deep Learning Power the Products We Use: https://www.holloway.com/b/making-things-think

Will's recommendations:
Thinking in Systems: https://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Systems-Donella-H-Meadows/dp/1603580557
Don't think of an elephant!: https://www.amazon.com/ALL-NEW-Dont-Think-Elephant/dp/160358594X

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00:00 Introduction
01:02 What makes a great manager?
06:42 Your first 90 days as CTO or VP Engineering
12:33 How do you measure a technical organization?
17:50 What do great development teams have in common?
21:30 Is there a trend towards more flexible and smaller teams?
28:30 Investing in technical infrastructure
32:27 Serverless
37:10 Managing the energy of a team
41:40 Remote access vs. hybrid
44:40 Engineering strategies
48:50 What makes a great senior engineer?
53:50 Book recommendations and conclusion

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