Your Team is a System ⚙️ — with Francisco Trindade

<p>Today&#39;s guest is Francisco Trindade, VP of Engineering, founder of two companies, and author of Leading Effective Software Teams.</p><p><br></p><p>In this chat you will learn how to think about your team as a system, how to optimize flow in the developer process, and why you should absolutely hire junior engineers.</p><p><br></p><p>(00:00) Code reviews were always the bottleneck</p><p>(01:09) Introducing Francisco Trindade</p><p>(01:46) The team that wasn&#39;t broken</p><p>(05:13) Sponsor break</p><p>(07:00) Fix the system, not the people</p><p>(18:49) Stop optimizing for busy</p><p>(22:40) What great teams actually measure</p><p>(32:13) Autonomy is not a to-do list</p><p>(46:43) The kids are all right</p><p>(52:05) The trouble with all-senior teams</p><p><br></p><p>–</p><p><br></p><p>Today&#39;s episode is brought to you by Notion.</p><p>Learn more about Notion’s Developer Platform today at https://ntn.so/refactoring</p><p><br></p><p>–</p><p><br></p><p>Show notes:</p><p>• Francisco&#39;s book: https://franciscotrindade.me/leading-effective-software-teams-book</p><p>• Francisco&#39;s Website:  https://franciscotrindade.me</p><p><br></p><p>–</p><p><br></p><p>You can also find this at:</p><p><br></p><p>• 📬 Newsletter: https://refactoring.fm</p><p>• 🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7Luds9dmzZDoDC8Q7EMbSw</p><p>• 📱 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/refactoring-podcast/id1719137305</p><p><br></p><p>—</p><p>For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, or appearing as a guest, email: luca@refactoring.club</p>