SWIMM UPSTREAM
Technology Podcasts
The Swimm Upstream Podcast is a collection of conversations about knowledge sharing, code documentation, change management, scaling dev teams and more. Our guests come from all over the tech world, with some really interesting insights, stories, and… coffee hacks. Join Tom Ahi Dror, Co-Founder of Swimm (a Continuous Documentation platform that streamlines onboarding and knowledge sharing within software engineering teams), as he talks with some of the most inspiring engineering and dev team leaders in the industry.
Location:
United States
Description:
The Swimm Upstream Podcast is a collection of conversations about knowledge sharing, code documentation, change management, scaling dev teams and more. Our guests come from all over the tech world, with some really interesting insights, stories, and… coffee hacks. Join Tom Ahi Dror, Co-Founder of Swimm (a Continuous Documentation platform that streamlines onboarding and knowledge sharing within software engineering teams), as he talks with some of the most inspiring engineering and dev team leaders in the industry.
Language:
English
Website:
https://swimm.io/
Episodes
Extending End-to-end Platforms as Companies Scale with Basia Mucha
5/16/2022
This may come as a surprise, but Compass’ engineering organization has over 1000 developers powering their end-to-end tech platform that supports real estate transactions across the United States. Basia Mucha, Director of Engineering at Compass, joins the show to share her experience scaling a platform across different geographies and the art of balancing new features while also growing your team.
Duration:00:19:32
Implementing and Shipping Design Systems With Brian Douglas
5/16/2022
Brian Douglas is the Director of Developer Advocacy at GitHub and a familiar face (or voice) in the world of software development and community. Based on Brian’s experience building Netlify’s first design system, he shares his perspective on knowing when a start-up can build their own tool versus using one that’s available on the market.
Duration:00:20:31
Making Organizational Level Changes to Achieve Product-Market Fit With Jenna Quindica
5/16/2022
Changes and pivots are bound to happen, especially in the early days of a start-up. Jenna Quindica, Staff Software Engineer at Square, shares a story from early on in her career where a complete pivot was required to achieve product-market fit. Jenna also delves into what it takes to be an effective Staff SWE today.
Duration:00:21:01
Part 2: Making Calculated Risks With Jason Gauci
5/16/2022
The conversation with Jason Gauci continues. Jason breaks down the day after you’ve succeeded with your initial champion. What comes next? How do you motivate your team? And how to successfully promote your ideas within an engineering organization.
Jason is the host of the Programming Throwdown podcast.
Duration:00:19:55
Part 1: Identifying User-champions With Jason Gauci
5/16/2022
Jason Gauci is Argo AI’s Director of Engineering and has led machine learning teams at Facebook (now Meta) and Google. Jason also hosts the Programming Throwdown podcast.
Looking back at his experiences leading a research lab at Facebook, Jason reflects on the challenges of disruptive technological changes. Hint: Sometimes, being on the vanguard is indistinguishable from failing.
Duration:00:18:07
Debugging is for Human Relationships, Too with Amir Shevat
5/16/2022
Amir Shevat has led teams at some of the most well known tech companies out there, including Slack, Google, and Twitch. Today, Amir is Head of Product at Twitter’s Developer Platform. Amir joins the show to share his experience of the effectiveness of a GM model and just how important it is to listen when joining a new team.
Duration:00:20:35
Swimm Upstream - Season 2 Trailer
5/10/2022
Get ready for Season 2 of Swimm Upstream, a podcast dedicated to engineering leaders and devtool enthusiasts. This season we're breakinng down stories of change within engineering organizations. Stay tuned...
Duration:00:01:07
EP. 7, Preparing for Unforeseen Security Breaches With Assaf Cohen
12/1/2021
In episode 7 of Swimm Upstream, Host Tom Ahi Dror speaks with Assaf Cohen about his experiences as a network engineer and a training manager and finding the right balance in creating guardrails, protocols, and best practices for security breaches. Assaf is Training Delivery Manager at Amazon Web Services.
Duration:00:14:40
EP. 6, Converting Contributors to Core Members of OS Projects With Liran Tal
12/1/2021
In episode 6 of Swimm Upstream, Host Tom Ahi Dror speaks with Liran Tal about inspiring education and empowering developers to increase awareness of application security. Find out two of Shiran's tricks as well. Liran is Director of Developer Advocacy at Synk.
Duration:00:18:16
EP. 5, All About Guilds and Scaling With Yuval Perry
12/1/2021
In episode 5 of Swimm Upstream, Host Tom Ahi Dror speaks with Yuval Perry about managing one of the guilds responsible for Wix's backend as Head of Backend Engineering. Yuval talks about ensuring his team is on the "paved road" and how guilds help software organizations scale quickly and efficiently.
Duration:00:16:40
EP. 4, Unboxing Team Knowledge Sharing With Tamar Bercovici
12/1/2021
In episode 4 of Swimm Upstream, Host Tom Ahi Dror speaks with Tamar Bercovici about the challenges of keeping engineering teams motivated, productive, pushing forward, and sharing knowledge as VP of Engineering at Box.
Duration:00:19:10
EP. 3, Building Change by Creating New Muscles With Patrick Poels Part 2
12/1/2021
In episode 3 of Swimm Upstream, Host Tom Ahi Dror continues his conversation with Patrick Poels in this special part 2 series. Pat discusses making changes in engineering organizations, communicating those changes, and creating a playbook for building autonomous teams.
Duration:00:12:10
EP. 2, Clearing Roadblocks for Developers With Patrick Poels Part 1
12/1/2021
In episode 2 of Swimm Upstream, Host Tom Ahi Dror speaks with Patrick Poels about his experiences running over potholes and learning from those experiences to clear roadblocks for engineers and product managers. Patrick is the Senior VP of Engineering at Snyk.
Duration:00:16:29
EP. 1, Evangelizing Mentorship Within Your Dev Teams With Ryan Atkins
12/1/2021
In episode 1 of Swimm Upstream, Host Tom Ahi Dror speaks with Ryan Atkins about everything from recruiting, engineering onboarding, and ensuring that mentoring dev teams are culturally valued by organizations. Ryan is the Head of Engineering Operations at Asana.
Duration:00:17:23
SWIMM UPSTREAM - Season 1 Trailer
11/16/2021
Duration:00:00:54