It Shipped That Way
Steamclock Software
An interview series featuring product leaders in tech about the lessons they've learned building great products and teams. Hosted by Allen Pike, new episodes every 3 weeks. Supported by Steamclock Software and Forestwalk Labs.
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Small But Mighty, with Ridwell Co-founder Aliya Marder
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08/23/23 • 40 min
Aliya Marder, Co-Founder of Ridwell, joins us to share what she’s learned about the people-service mindset for product work, the demands of running a startup with a real-world footprint, the power of a higher mission for rallying a company, doing more with a smaller team, the pathologies of product backlogs, strategic communication past 150 employees, and the challenge of delegating for detail-oriented leaders. Have feedback for the show? Send an email or message to Allen any time. It Shipped That Way is supported by Steamclock Software and Forestwalk Labs.
Making Email Wonderful, with Superhuman’s Lorilyn McCue
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09/18/24 • 46 min
Lorilyn McCue, head of AI product at Superhuman, joins to share what she’s learned building LLM-powered products. She talks about how Superhuman executes on shipping delightful software, how to pursue both attention to detail and rapid iteration, optimizing your roadmap for learning, questions that are surprisingly easy (and hard) for LLMs, evaluation and testing of AI-powered features, and ruthlessly prioritizing the user.
- The Superhuman Blog
A Way Better Mousetrap, with Quilt founder Paul Lambert
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12/27/23 • 52 min
Paul Lambert, CEO and founder of Quilt and former Director at Google’s Area 120, joins Allen to talk society-scale problems, why searching for product-market fit is overrated, the power of building a better mousetrap, why the “internal incubator” model usually fails, how modern hardware startups iterate rapidly, and why different cities lend themselves to different startups. Have feedback for the show? Send an email or message to Allen any time. It Shipped That Way is supported by Steamclock Software and Forestwalk Labs.
Solving Engineering Problems with DuckDuckGo’s Cate Huston
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01/20/23 • 39 min
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. Have feedback for the show? Send an email or message to Allen any time. It Shipped That Way is supported by Steamclock Software and Forestwalk Labs.
Lessons Learned Building Alexa, with Product Manager Polly Allen
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12/07/22 • 43 min
Polly Allen, former Principal Product Manager on Amazon Alexa, shares what she’s learned about the challenging world of building products for voice and AI, as well the roles of data-driven decision-making and computing science education in product leadership.
- Polly is @yukonpolly on Twitter and is also on LinkedIn
- Polly’s business, AI Career Boost
How Not to Ship Your Org Chart, with veteran product designer Brad Ellis
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11/16/22 • 58 min
Brad Ellis pulls from his experience designing for Square, Lyft, and many other products to share what he’s learned about the incredible value of user testing, scaling product design across a large org, and how to make great experiences instead of shipping your org chart. Have feedback for the show? Send an email or message to Allen any time. It Shipped That Way is supported by Steamclock Software and Forestwalk Labs.
Winning is Fun, with Jane App Co-founder Trevor Johnston
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10/24/24 • 51 min
Jane App Co-Founder & Co-CEO Trevor Johnston shares lessons from building a vertical SaaS that now serves hundreds of thousands of clinicians worldwide. We discuss the geometric power of referrals, obsessing over churn, turning your customers into your salespeople, scaling product engineering past Dunbar’s number, transcending a Rails monolith, and finding the fun in 6 hours of Zoom meetings. Have feedback for the show? Send an email or message to Allen any time. It Shipped That Way is supported by Steamclock Software and Forestwalk Labs.
Solving Impossible Problems, with The Browser Company’s Dolapo Falola
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07/17/24 • 45 min
The Browser Company’s Head Of Engineering, Dolapo Falola, shares lessons from Google, Facebook, and Slack, and how they’ve informed his leadership of the team building Arc. He shares about the rush to launch Stories at Meta, reinventing the browser with Arc, finding work that energizes people vs. finding people energized by the work, “working out loud” for velocity, the challenge of bringing Arc to Windows, rewarding complexity vs. business impact, and playing the long game to hire exceptional talent. Have feedback for the show? Send an email or message to Allen any time. It Shipped That Way is supported by Steamclock Software and Forestwalk Labs.
Scaling Teams and Yourself, with Cate Huston
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06/12/24 • 62 min
Cate Huston joins to talk about her new book, The Engineering Leader. She shares why she wrote a book, leadership problems endemic to fast-growing organizations, why career growth is more than promotions, coachability, levelling up your hiring pipeline, how hiring “bars” can go wrong, and why energy management matters more than time management.
- It Shipped Ep. 4 with Cate Huston
- Cate’s new book, The Engineering Leader
- cate.blog
The Problems Get Squishier, with Luke Hutscal
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04/10/24 • 56 min
Luke Hutscal, Principal Engineer at Clio – formerly of Shopify and Testflight – joins to talk about finding ways to learn rapidly, the downsides of a mercenary mindset, spending time with people who intimidate you, building a coaching village, making wrong things look wrong, choosing boring technology, resume-driven development, and putting in the reps to get great at hiring. Have feedback for the show? Send an email or message to Allen any time. It Shipped That Way is supported by Steamclock Software and Forestwalk Labs.
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How many episodes does It Shipped That Way have?
It Shipped That Way currently has 33 episodes available.
What topics does It Shipped That Way cover?
The podcast is about Product, Career, Design, Development, Software, Podcasts, Technology and Arts.
What is the most popular episode on It Shipped That Way?
The episode title 'Scaling Teams and Yourself, with Cate Huston' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on It Shipped That Way?
The average episode length on It Shipped That Way is 52 minutes.
How often are episodes of It Shipped That Way released?
Episodes of It Shipped That Way are typically released every 21 days.
When was the first episode of It Shipped That Way?
The first episode of It Shipped That Way was released on Nov 16, 2022.
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