In this episode Matt and Mike sit down with João Rosa, host of the Software Crafts Podcast, to discuss his unique career in the development industry. João fulfills interim positions, such as CTO, at various companies as apart of his consultancy practice. He advises on strategic technology implementation and has also worked as a coordinator, software engineer, technical team lead, and more. He also has a passion for heuristics, which is uses alongside other design problems to challenge guests in his own podcast.
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In this episode Matt and Mike sit down with João Rosa, host of the Software Crafts Podcast, to discuss his unique career in the development industry. João fulfills interim positions, such as CTO, at various companies as apart of his consultancy practice. He advises on strategic technology implementation and has also worked as a coordinator, software engineer, technical team lead, and more. He also has a passion for heuristics, which is uses alongside other design problems to challenge guests in his own podcast.
João is a Principal Consultant at a company called Xebia. As part of his consultancy practice, he fulfills interim positions, such as CTO, and also advises on strategic technology implementation. He has worked as a coordinator, CTO, software engineer, software architect and, technical team lead across different industries. He has also done numerous talks on topics such as Domain-Driven Design, DevOps, property-based testing, and many more. Then to top it all off, he is also a podcast host of his own show - the Software Crafts Podcast where he interviews guests on each episode, challenging them with a variety of heuristics and other design problems.
João's Links: (Software Crafts Podcast | Twitter | LinkedIn | Website)
3:00 - What is it like to jump into a CTO role?
10:00 - Engineer vs Coordinator?
15:30 - Minimum requirements for leading/mentoring as you become a senior engineer?
19:00 - How important are technical skills vs soft skills?
28:40 - Is it important to put in extra time for talks, blogs, etc?
35:30 - How do you go about handling the software delivery experience?
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