It Depends
Kevin Goldsmith
It Depends: Writing on Technology Leadership 2012-2022, a collection of essays and articles by technology executive Kevin Goldsmith, is a must-read for current or aspiring engineering managers, directors, and senior technology executives. With over thirty years of experience in leadership roles at industry-leading technology companies like IBM, Silicon Graphics, Microsoft, and Adobe, as well as early-stage startups and unicorns like Spotify, Avvo, Anaconda, and DistroKid, Goldsmith shares his knowledge about leading technology teams and larger organizations in this book.
The book covers a range of topics, including creating a culture of experimentation and innovation, managing day-to-day, career development as a technology leader, team building, and practical advice for handling the requirements of the engineering manager role. Goldsmith acknowledges that the context is different in every company and for every person, and he shares his wisdom to help leaders form solutions that make sense for their company, team, and themselves.
What sets Goldsmith's writing apart is his ability to provide practical advice and insights that few companies adequately train their managers on. He also offers guidance on how to move from managing a single team to managing managers, organization structure, building career development frameworks, diversity and inclusion, and hiring. By reading It Depends, you'll gain valuable insights into becoming a more effective leader in the technology industry.
Duration - 5h 42m.
Author - Kevin Goldsmith.
Narrator - Kevin goldsmith.
Published Date - Tuesday, 02 January 2024.
Copyright - © 2024 Kevin Goldsmith ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
It Depends: Writing on Technology Leadership 2012-2022, a collection of essays and articles by technology executive Kevin Goldsmith, is a must-read for current or aspiring engineering managers, directors, and senior technology executives. With over thirty years of experience in leadership roles at industry-leading technology companies like IBM, Silicon Graphics, Microsoft, and Adobe, as well as early-stage startups and unicorns like Spotify, Avvo, Anaconda, and DistroKid, Goldsmith shares his knowledge about leading technology teams and larger organizations in this book. The book covers a range of topics, including creating a culture of experimentation and innovation, managing day-to-day, career development as a technology leader, team building, and practical advice for handling the requirements of the engineering manager role. Goldsmith acknowledges that the context is different in every company and for every person, and he shares his wisdom to help leaders form solutions that make sense for their company, team, and themselves. What sets Goldsmith's writing apart is his ability to provide practical advice and insights that few companies adequately train their managers on. He also offers guidance on how to move from managing a single team to managing managers, organization structure, building career development frameworks, diversity and inclusion, and hiring. By reading It Depends, you'll gain valuable insights into becoming a more effective leader in the technology industry. Duration - 5h 42m. Author - Kevin Goldsmith. Narrator - Kevin goldsmith. Published Date - Tuesday, 02 January 2024. Copyright - © 2024 Kevin Goldsmith ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:13
Introduction
Duration:00:04:35
Section 1: Engineering Culture
Duration:00:00:39
Chapter 1: Fail Safe, Fail Smart... Succeed!
Duration:00:41:24
Chapter 2: The challenge of top-down change and the Microsoft layoffs
Duration:00:04:52
Section 2: Career Development
Duration:00:00:39
Chapter 3: Taking a thoughtful approach to the job search process
Duration:00:09:26
Chapter 4: When, why, and how to stop coding as your day job
Duration:00:10:55
Chapter 5: The Personal Strategy Off-site
Duration:00:04:36
Chapter 6: Own your calendar
Duration:00:02:15
Chapter 7: In 2018 Decide to Work Deliberately
Duration:00:02:50
Chapter 8: How I Get My Focused Work Done
Duration:00:05:48
Chapter 9: The Known Unknowns
Duration:00:02:17
Chapter 10: Becoming a CTO
Duration:00:08:25
Section 3: Managing Teams
Duration:00:00:33
Chapter 11: Building a vernacular with your engineering team
Duration:00:04:52
Chapter 12: The P-word
Duration:00:08:55
Chapter 13: Protecting your team from layoffs
Duration:00:05:20
Chapter 14: Every decision creates a policy
Duration:00:06:44
Chapter 15: What do I look for when hiring an engineer?
Duration:00:03:44
Chapter 16: A resignation can be an opportunity
Duration:00:04:28
Chapter 17: Addressing the challenges of partially distributed engineering teams
Duration:00:09:07
Chapter 18: Twenty questions for your 1:1s
Duration:00:02:25
Chapter 19: Writing Useful Performance Reviews: Assembling the data
Duration:00:11:55
Chapter 20: Writing Useful Performance Reviews: Evaluating the data and writing the review
Duration:00:13:15
Chapter 21: Writing Useful Performance Reviews: Making a raise recommendation
Duration:00:15:22
Chapter 22: Writing Useful Performance Reviews: Delivering the review
Duration:00:12:13
Chapter 23: Management and Systems Thinking
Duration:00:05:48
Section 4: Agile
Duration:00:00:38
Chapter 24: Hiring Agile Coaches
Duration:00:08:39
Chapter 25: Transcript of my speech from OPEX Week Summer 2018
Duration:00:07:53
Section 5: Leading Organizations
Duration:00:00:50
Chapter 26: The Spotify model: how to create, dissolve, and remix teams to be more dynamic and more innovative
Duration:00:08:02
Chapter 27: Thoughts on emulating Spotify’s matrix organization in other companies
Duration:00:10:15
Chapter 28: Using Self-Selection to Create Journey Teams at Avvo
Duration:00:09:51
Chapter 29: Building a Management Training Curriculum at Avvo
Duration:00:03:28
Chapter 30: A diversity challenge: tech start-ups have a great opportunity
Duration:00:03:37
Chapter 31: Changing Hiring Practices to Build a More Diverse Technology Organization
Duration:00:17:11
Chapter 32: Building a technical career path at Spotify
Duration:00:12:51
Chapter 33: Spotify Technology Career Steps
Duration:00:23:26
Chapter 34: Things We Learned Creating Technology Career Steps
Duration:00:19:24
Chapter 35: The Myth of the Startup in a Large Company
Duration:00:06:49
Chapter 36: Succession for Scale
Duration:00:04:31
Acknowledgements
Duration:00:01:19
Ending Credits
Duration:00:00:22