
Engineering Leadership Excellence Podcast
What does it take to be a great leader? We asked some of the most influential names in software engineering and product management. You’ll learn ways to grow as a software engineering leader, optimize your time, develop your team, structure your organization, and get the right products to market, faster. In each episode, Joshua Samberg and Robin Pokorný uncover the empowering insights and daily habits of industry leaders who think, speak, and act in ways that make a positive difference in their lives and in the lives of others.
Podcasting since 2020 • 14 episodes
Engineering Leadership Excellence Podcast
Latest Episodes
Driving product mindset and engineering excellence at scale (with Vinay Ram)
In this episode, Robin talks with Vinay Ram, VP of Product Engineering at Productboard, about leading high-performing teams, building trust fast, and driving a product-first mindset across engineering.They cover what makes product engine...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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39:31

What staff+ engineers need to be successful in the ML field (with Žilvinas Girėnas)
In this episode, Robin interviews Žilvinas Girėnas, a Senior Engineering Manager at Productboard. They dive into Žilvinas’ experience leading a machine learning team focused on bui...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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39:46

Learning new languages, harnessing the strengths of management and IC tracks, and embracing adaptation (with Jany Koščo)
In this episode, we examine how mastering multiple programming languages is a huge advantage in today’s rapidly evolving tech environment. Jany Koščo, Senior Staff Engineer at Productboard, explains that as a generalist not only can you better ...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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41:55

Insider tips on hiring staff & senior staff engineers (with Claudiu Andrei)
In the fourth episode of Season 2, we sit down with Claudiu Andrei, Site Tech Lead at Productboard’s San Francisco office, who’s in the process of building up two new teams to better serv...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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44:53

Staff+ ambitions: Top tips for landing your IC leadership job (with Alice Rum, Dmitry Belyaev and Tomáš Růžička)
Our third episode of Season 2 was a special live recording from this year’s WebExpo conference in Prague, where we discussed what it takes to become a Staff+ Engineer. We sat down with a trio of experts in the field – Alice Rum, Staff Software ...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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43:31
