Engineering Enablement by Abi Noda

Brian Guthrie, co-founder and CTO at Orgspace and former VP of Engineering at Meetup, shares advice for Platform teams to make sure they’re well positioned within their organizations.

Show Notes

Brian Guthrie, co-founder and CTO at Orgspace and former VP of Engineering at Meetup, has the unique experience of having previously decommissioned his Platform team. In this episode, Brian talks about that story openly, and shares advice for Platform teams to make sure they’re well positioned within their organizations.

Discussion points:
  • Brian’s background and story at Meetup - [00:02:20]
  • Brian’s perspective on Platform work, generally - [00:06:40]
  • The conversation around dissolving the Platform group - [00:12:05]
  • Advice for Platform groups positioning their teams - [00:16:55]
  • Making sure Platform groups are focused on the right problems [00:21:21]
  • How Platform groups can think about communicating with the business [00:23:50]
  • Bringing engineering teams into the planning process - [00:25:43]
  • Deciding to build vs buy in a down market - [00:28:40]
  • How developer happiness is part of positioning platform work [00:32:30]
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Creators & Guests

Host
Abi Noda
Abi is the founder and CEO of DX (getdx.com), which helps engineering leaders measure and improve developer experience. Abi formerly founded Pull Panda, which was acquired by GitHub.

What is Engineering Enablement by Abi Noda?

This is a weekly podcast focused on developer productivity and the teams and leaders dedicated to improving it. Topics include in-depth interviews with Platform and DevEx teams, as well as the latest research and approaches on measuring developer productivity. The EE podcast is hosted by Abi Noda, the founder and CEO of DX (getdx.com) and published researcher focused on developing measurement methods to help organizations improve developer experience and productivity.