Helpful reads for software engineering leaders.

An Elegant Puzzle, Part 1 with Will Larson

In this episode, we talk about the importance of increasing your offer acceptance rate, how Stripe defines developer productivity, and why sometimes, the best policy is to throw away your policies.

Achieving Operational Excellence Through Small Teams, with Melissa Leffler

In this episode, we discuss how Drift changed Melissa’s mind on the power of small teams, how she uses incident response to guide her team, and the one question she asks to unlock the biggest problems in her department.

A Complete Software Hiring Process Checklist to Hit Your Hiring Goals

The more time engineering teams spend on hiring, the less time they spend hitting product goals. In this post, we’ll lay out a simple hiring process checklist that will ensure your process is prepared for the next 10 years.

Woven Launches With Funding, On A Mission To Reduce Bias In Software Hiring

Woven has raised over half a million dollars to reduce bias in software hiring while helping fast-growing teams meet their goals.

Why Woven Exists

Woven exists to give hiring superpowers to technology leaders and talent acquisition teams. To do that, we’ll need to change behavior in a very risk-averse and fundamentally human process.

Using the Satir Change Management Model On A Rapidly-Growing Software Team

If you’re on a fast-growth software team, you know that change is inevitable. But when you’re a team leader within your organization, people will look to you to weather this change, and to help them determine what their future looks like.

Treating Engineering Teams Like Adults, Part 2 with Jacob Kaplan-Moss

Two things that every startup leader should be thinking about as they grow their team: how to craft company policies that are equitable and accessible to all, and how to document those policies so they have an equitable impact.

Streamlining PERQ’s Software Engineering Hiring Process And Achieving a 75% Offer Rate

Managing Mental Health Within Your Software Engineering Team

Micah Weaver says that the idea of psychological safety is essential for engineering teams looking to improve their mental health. And psychological safety is built with a simple formula.

Managing Change In The Face Of Rapid Growth, Part 1 with Jacob Kaplan-Moss

Part one of our interview with Jacob Kaplan-Moss, software leader and the co-creator of Django, the python web framework that powers Pinterest, Eventbrite, and Instagram.In this episode, we discuss ways that we can reduce bias in our hiring process, and Jacob explains how the Satir Change Model can help us navigate the challenges of a rapidly growing company without losing our minds.

Making the Transition From a Software Developer to a Manager

Introducing: The Scaling Software Teams Podcast

Each week, Scaling Software Teams shares the trials, tribulations, and keys to success for high-growth engineering leaders all around the world.