It Shipped That Way

Solving Engineering Problems with DuckDuckGo’s Cate Huston

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Cate Huston shares what she’s learned leading engineering teams at DuckDuckGo, Automattic, and Google. We talk about the challenges of hiring directors, what makes DuckDuckGo weird, supporting team happiness vs. team effectiveness, the quagmire of trying to measure team velocity, and the tradeoffs inherent in cross-platform app development.<ul> <li><a href="https://cate.blog/">Cate’s blog</a></li> <li><a href="https://cate.blog/2022/04/25/escaping-the-house-elf-management-trap/">Cate’s article on servant leadership</a></li> </ul> Have feedback for the show? Send an email or message to Allen any time. It Shipped That Way is supported by Steamclock Software and Powerplant.
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