Engineering Enablement by Abi Noda

In this episode we’re joined by Adam Rogal, who leads Developer Productivity and Platform at DoorDash. Adam describes DoorDash’s journey with their internal developer portal, and gives advice for  other teams looking to follow a similar path. Adam also describes how his team delivered value quickly and drove adoption for their developer platform.

Discussion points:
  • (1:47) Why DoorDash explored implementing a developer portal
  • (6:59) The initial vision for the developer portal 
  • 12:19 Funding ongoing development 
  • 16:01 Deciding what to include in the portal 
  • 19:15 Coming up with a name for the portal 
  • 20:01 Advice for interested beginners
  • 23:55 Putting together a business case
  • 32:32 Getting adoption for the portal 
  • 37:27 Driving initial awareness 
  • 41:29 Getting feedback from developers
  • 48:33 What Adam would have done differently

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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.