Uploaded March 2024 | Updated September 2026, 17 minutes ago
In today's episode, we bring Thorsten Ball, author of "Writing An Interpreter In Go" and "Writing A Compiler In Go". In this talk, we discuss the different clashes and responsibilities between Product and Engineering teams, reignite the topic of working with technical managers, explain why cookie banners are dumb, and on a more interpersonal note, discuss how important coolness is in education, explain why a lot of the times, highly talented people just don't know how to work and also dabble into the ideas of fulfillment, responsibility and reliability.
Learn back-end development - https://boot.dev
Listen on your favorite podcast player: https://www.backendbanter.fm
Thorsten's Twitter: twitter.com/thorstenball
Register Spill: registerspill.thorstenball.com
Thorsten's Books: thorstenball.com/books
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
01:08 The idea behind Register Spill
02:20 It's a Negotiation: When Product and Engineering meet
05:58 Engineering vs Product
07:31 Thorsten's view of the Product team
09:36 Thorsten's view of the Engineering team
11:06 Engineers should inform product before building something
14:57 Real-life example from Thorsten
18:04 Measuring completixy in T-Shirt sizes and Time Estimates
22:46 Set a cap on time dedicated to a task
23:50 Do we need more technical leadership?
27:58 Working with Engineering Managers that are technical is a bliss
35:19 Not Every Company Is For Everybody
41:14 Cookie Banners are Dumb
50:13 Educators underestimate how important coolness is
56:19 There are a lot of highly capable people that just don't know how to work
01:02:20 Getting fulfillment just from the effort
01:04:23 Be reliable
01:06:34 Where to find Thorsten
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In today's episode, we bring Thorsten Ball, author of "Writing An Interpreter In Go" and "Writing A Compiler In Go". In this talk, we discuss the different clashes and responsibilities between Product and Engineering teams, reignite the topic of working with technical managers, explain why cookie banners are dumb, and on a more interpersonal note, discuss how important coolness is in education, explain why a lot of the times, highly talented people just don't know how to work and also dabble into the ideas of fulfillment, responsibility and reliability.
Learn back-end development - https://boot.dev
Listen on your favorite podcast player: https://www.backendbanter.fm
Thorsten's Twitter: twitter.com/thorstenball
Register Spill: registerspill.thorstenball.com
Thorsten's Books: thorstenball.com/books
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
01:08 The idea behind Register Spill
02:20 It's a Negotiation: When Product and Engineering meet
05:58 Engineering vs Product
07:31 Thorsten's view of the Product team
09:36 Thorsten's view of the Engineering team
11:06 Engineers should inform product before building something
14:57 Real-life example from Thorsten
18:04 Measuring completixy in T-Shirt sizes and Time Estimates
22:46 Set a cap on time dedicated to a task
23:50 Do we need more technical leadership?
27:58 Working with Engineering Managers that are technical is a bliss
35:19 Not Every Company Is For Everybody
41:14 Cookie Banners are Dumb
50:13 Educators underestimate how important coolness is
56:19 There are a lot of highly capable people that just don't know how to work
01:02:20 Getting fulfillment just from the effort
01:04:23 Be reliable
01:06:34 Where to find Thorsten
Like & subscribe for the algo if you enjoyed the video!
