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Lila Brooks (EM at MongoDB), Tanvi Shah (Director of Engineering at Legion Technologies) and Rebecca Yang (VPE at Clearbit) discuss the complexities of developer productivity and their strategies to optimize it in this panel hosted by Iba Massood, CEO of Tara AI.
They discuss the use of metrics and tools like Tara AI and explore their relevance to business outcomes and team dynamics. Panelists provide valuable viewpoints and engaging anecdotes on the measures of predictability and velocity, the aspect of interruption, and the importance of tooling and context in software development. They also share their thoughts on the role of developer experience in delivering a better product.
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This talk was recorded at Elevate 2023, Plato's flagship engineering leadership conference hosted in San Francisco on Nov 7 and 8 2023.
Lila Brooks (EM at MongoDB), Tanvi Shah (Director of Engineering at Legion Technologies) and Rebecca Yang (VPE at Clearbit) discuss the complexities of developer productivity and their strategies to optimize it in this panel hosted by Iba Massood, CEO of Tara AI.
They discuss the use of metrics and tools like Tara AI and explore their relevance to business outcomes and team dynamics. Panelists provide valuable viewpoints and engaging anecdotes on the measures of predictability and velocity, the aspect of interruption, and the importance of tooling and context in software development. They also share their thoughts on the role of developer experience in delivering a better product.
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This talk was recorded at Elevate 2023, Plato's flagship engineering leadership conference hosted in San Francisco on Nov 7 and 8 2023.










