The Deep Collaboration Podcast: Recent Episodes
Max Andaker, Till Pieper, Jason Thomas
This show features thought leaders in remote work and engineering. Learn about a new style to get things done together as a team and about the future work in general. The Deep Collaboration Podcast (https://deepcollaborationpodcast.com) is a project by CoScreen (https://coscreen.co), a deep collaboration solution for agile & engineering teams.
In this episode, Hiten is sharing with us how Nira is hiring a global and scalable remote team and optimizing remote work practices.
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- 00:25 - Hiten Shah's path
- 03:00 - Hiring challenges in a remote and global setting
- 09:00 - Why great planning should be a core skill for all engineers
- 13:00 - Scaling a remote engineering team
- 14:00 - Optimizing remote work practices and planning exercises
- 15:50 - Async and sync communication at Nira
- 18:00 - Working remotely vs working from home during a global pandemic
- 28:00 - Adoption of distributed work
Dragan will share with us his study on optimizing PR and philosophy on async vs sync development.
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- 02:20 - Dragan's path to extreme programming
- 04:00 - Dragan's study on the best way to code review
- 11:40 - "how do we keep the cost of code review per line of code constant, as we decrease the size of the PR"
- 12:00 - Synchronous code creation
- 13:40 - Accelerate: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology https://www.amazon.com/Accelerate-Building-Performing-Technology-Organizations/dp/B07BMBYHXL
- 14:30 - Mobbing and pairing for more productive and effective developers
- 16:00 - Deep dive into Dragan's study metrics and insights
- 18:50 - Enable teams to evaluate their current process in a data-informed way
- 20:00 - The results your team can expect from Dragan's study
- 22:30 - Latency in remote vs. co-located teams
- 24:00 - Remote vs. co-located and the tools to enable both
- 28:00 - Psychological safety and positive reinforcing feedback loop in synchronous workflows
- 35:00 - The tools to help you get into a collaboration mode faster
- 38:20 - Asynchronous versus synchronous work
- 39:00 - Fewer delays in communication leads to shorter feedback loops
https://www.slideshare.net/kobac/async-code-reviews-are-killing-your-companys-throughput-248758692
In this episode, Don Goodman-Wilson will be talking to Remote.com founder and CEO Job Van Der Voort about building, scaling, and managing remote teams, why Remote.com was founded, and the challenges for global remote teams.
Just last week the company announced they raised a $150 million Series B.
Remote.com provides international payroll benefits, taxes and compliance for businesses.
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- 00:40 - Remote.com founding story by Job and what the challenges are for remote global teams.
- 02:39 - How does remote.com structure its model to make international hiring a breeze?
04:20 - What were remote.com's biggest challenges when setting up this sort of system? - 06:35 - What does it like harmonizing global vacation schedules in an "unlimited vacation" era?
- 09:15 - Trends in remote work and what's next?
- 11:40 - Job's tips for managers in different time zones
- 15:30 - What top skills and tools do you expect a remote worker to learn to be successful?
- 16:23 - How to be a better manager of a remote team
- 17:12 - What is Job's recommendation for the best remote working stack?
- 18:30 - Exploring VR as an alternative for bringing people together
- 20:45 - The advantages of remote work and diversity at remote.com
https://nltimes.nl/2021/06/03/quarter-work-home-lovers-rather-change-jobs-return-office
In this episode, CoScreen co-founders Max and Till are talking to Jake Saper, a partner at Emergence Capital on deep collaboration, the future of work and tools that pioneered deep collaboration workflows.
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- 00:45 - Journey to venture capital
- 03:30 - The origin of Deep Collaboration by Jake
- 07:00 - Figma as a leader of Deep Collaboration
- 11:00 - Persona-based mentality vs Job-to-be-done based mentality
- 13:00 - Bringing back context to engineers with Deep Collaboration
- 16:55 - The successful future of application switching
- 19:40 - "Collaboration software is increasingly at odds with productivity"
- 23:00 - Remote engineering stack for Deep Collaboration
- 25:50 - The struggles of hybrid work post covid
- 27:50 - Creating moments of serendipity remotely
In this episode, CoScreen co-founders Max and Till are talking to Darren Murph, Head of Remote at GitLab
- 00:25 - About Derren and his career path to GitLab
- 02:00 - The way GitLab approaches async and sync communication
- 05:30 - Hiring in a remote organization
- 08:00 - How COVID helped organizations understand better their operating principles
- 11:17 - How to overcome the miscommunications of async
- 14:00 - How GitLab is achieving more async work with fewer sync sessions
- 15:50 - Mob and pair programming while working remotely
- 17:30 - How to avoid a deeper communication wedge with dedicated proposals.
- 18:24 - How GitLab is scaling and cataloging knowledge long term
- 21:00 - GitLab as the only source of truth
- 22:35 - How GitLab came up with its core values
- 25:00 - The difference between working remote and working from home
- 26:30 - The future of work
- 29:55 - Tips and tricks for bettering remote work
- 35:00 - Serendipity in office vs in a remote setting
We are chatting with Joe Nash on how to build developer communities, running virtual hackathons, and Battlesnake.
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- 00:40: What does it mean to build developer relationships
- 02:00: The power of learning through hackathons
- 03:30: Creativity and creation at hackathons
- 05:30: Why virtual hackathons might be more productive
- 10:30: The role Discord and Twitch play in virtual event and hackathons
- 15:30: How Battlesnake came to be what it is today
- 22:00: The importance of social component in a virtual event
https://mlh.io/
https://play.battlesnake.com/
In this episode, Don Goodman-Wilson will be talking to Floor Drees from Microsoft on developer relations, organizing engaging developer conferences, and the challenge of being remote during COVID
- 00:30 - About Floor Drees and DevRel at Microsoft
- 02:20 - About conferences in the developer space
- 05:00 - How to create an engaging event
- 08:50 - The advantages and benefits of remote conferences
- 15:00 - Creating an accessible virtual conference
- 18:00 - Hybrid events and creating a more inclusive environment for everyone
- 19:50 - The way conferences will change in the near future
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In this episode, Max and Till, co-founders of CoScreen talking to Jason Warner, CTO of GitHub
- 00:50 - Jason Warner journey to GitHub
- 02:40 - Collaborative engineering impact on GitHub
- 05:03 - What is the next big thing for asynchronous engineering workflows
- 08:20 - Jason's experiment and experience working remotely for a decade
- 15:18 - Managing your energy level in a remote environment
- 17:38 - Creating moments of serendipity while working remotely
- 20:30 - Jason's toolstack and approaches
- 23:55 - The mass adoption of Pair Programming during the pandemic
- 27:00 - Developers value creation
- 30:26 - What is next for 2021
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In this episode, Don from CoScreen is chatting with Geoffrey Huntley, a remote engineer living out of his van in Australia
- 00:42 - How Geoff got into Van Life and minimalist lifestyle.
- 03:05 - The Van
- 08:33 - Working from home equipment for van life
- 12:24 - What are your challenges of remote work
- 14:20 - synchronous vs asynchronous communication in different time zones
- 20:37 - The future of remote work
Visit Geoffrey's website to learn more about Van Life → ghuntley.com
CoScreen co-founders Max and Till are talking to Christian Bach and Mathias Biilman, co-founders of Netlify about JAMstack, modern web-development, and leading a remote team.
- 00:50 - How Netlify was founded → Netlify mission is to build a cohesive collaborative workflow layer
- 11:05 - Why Microsoft or Amazon didn't think about it before Netlify?
- 17:20 - JAMstack, its popularity and misuse
- 21:48 → Netlify's inclusive approach to building web applications.
- 22:30 - Synchronous work and asynchronous developer flow at Netlify
- 26:58 - Moving from 60% to 100% remote
- 29:10 - Sharing knowledge asynchronous across Netlify
- 31:30 - Creating moments of serendipity remotely.
- 35:17 - Netlify's asynchronous and synchronous tool stack.
- 40:33 - The next-gen of international entrepreneurship
- 44:30 - What is next in 2021
In this episode, we are chatting with Emil Ivov from jitsi, a free open-source video conferencing software for web & mobile.
- 02:20 → How Jitsi maintained open-source identity after the Atlassian acquisition.
- 06:30 → How to make open source survive an acquisition.
- 17:00 → The world isn't lacking generic meeting solutions - "how do I waste less time over meetings."
- 19:30 → The commoditization of conferencing
- 20:00 → What made Zoom the leader in the conferencing space? "Zoom's strength is being a generic tool which is also their greatest weakness"
- 23:30 → How CoScreen is giving the natural background connection remotely.
- 25:50 → Jitsi's background infrastructure
- 30:45 → Zoom's end-2-end encryption and its importance in chat infrastructure
- 42:00 → Mass scaling Jitsi during a pandemic
- 46:30 → How CoScreen is using Jitsi
- 50:00 → Vp9 support and WebRTC application
In today's episode, we will be celebrating the 10th anniversary of Mob Programming alongside a true expert on the topic, Austin Chadwich from the Mob Mentality Show.
- 03:15 - The difference between mob programming and pair programming
- 05:25 - Mobbing synchronously in remote work
- 08:30 - The hidden cost of programming
- 12:40 - The learning curve of Mob Programming
- 15:30 - How to mob program when working remotely
- 17:00 - Toolsets for remote mobbing
- 19:20 - Mobbing using Microsoft teams
- 22:00 - how to maintain a mobbing flow remotely
Here you can find all the resources and links referenced in this episode:
- Mob Mentality Show Podcast, VideoCast, and social media links: https://trello.com/c/YLvquW9E/133-mob-mentality-show
- Mob Programming Definition and 101: https://trello.com/c/SE7iX4Vp/262-mob-programming-101
- My LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/austin-chadwick-3a58151a4/
- My co-host for Mob Mentality, Chris Lucian:
- https://www.chrislucian.com/
- https://twitter.com/christophlucian
- Introducing Mobbing with empathy to peers: https://youtu.be/jLk-mRBF4NY
- Mob Programming Financial Benefits and ROI: https://trello.com/c/dynon69u/190-mob-programming-financial-benefits-and-roi
- Woody on Mob Programming: https://trello.com/c/aIydOkGJ/126-woody-on-mob-programming
- Mob Programming Time Lapses: https://trello.com/c/uTjZxGIY/134-mob-programming-time-lapses
- Recorded Remote Mob Programming Sessions: https://trello.com/c/K7ZolXmo/266-recorded-remote-mob-programming-sessions
- Mobbing and Joy: https://youtu.be/d8Af5TxIv04
- Remote Mob Programming Resources: https://trello.com/c/yULnS70P/101-remote-mob-programming-resources
- AnyDesk: https://trello.com/c/xm5UVI5u/244-anydesk
- Mob Git Handover Tool: https://trello.com/c/vrMZfNlr/331-mob-git-handover-tool
- Mob Mentality on Remote Mob Programming and Tools: https://trello.com/c/l96SiQum/254-mob-mentality-on-remote-mob-programming
- Curated board of other resources on Mobbing and software development in general: https://trello.com/b/1lfMkCOh/software-profession-resources
Max Co-founder of CoScreen is talking to Sherif Abushadi and Willem Wyndham from NEAR about the importance of visibility in remote working* 04:30 - How the team at NEAR is operating globally as a remote-first organization. * 08:00 - How to stay visible when working remotely. * 10:30 - How to encourage introverts to communicate remotely. * 12:30 - How to get your message across in a remote environment. * 15:20 - How the team at NEAR practicing visibility and saving hours a day using CoScreen. * 15:20 - How the team at NEAR practicing visibility and saving hours a day using CoScreen. * 17:00 - Willem is sharing how he uses CoScreen for pairing, ad hoc, and hang out with his team. * 19:00 - NEAR's remote tool stack for productivity. * 21:30 - "CoScreen is the only platform that we use in all 3 modes" * 22:45 - Staying connected while working during a global pandemic.
In this episode, CoScreen co-founders will be talking to John Lilly,
- 04:00 - How Mozilla as a distributed team stayed in contact
- 04:45 - Why John invested in Figma
- 06:20 - How GitHub changes the way we code today
- 10:30 - How to introduce collaboration to engineers
- 16:50 - What happens next with remote collaboration
- 22:22 - How John Lilly sees zoom evolve compared to smaller companies
- 30:00 - What is next in 2021
Welcome to the second episode of the Deep Collaboration Podcast.
Tim Chen, engineer at Grid AI and investor, is in discussion with Jason Thomas, Co-founder & Chief Technology Officer of CoScreen (https://coscreen.co) about the power of deep collaboration for remote teams and startups in particular.
ABOUT THE DEEP COLLABORATION PODCAST: This podcast features a series of interviews and discussions by the team behind CoScreen (https://coscreen.co) on the future of work. We believe that there is a better way to work together and are speaking to like-minded thought leaders in remote collaboration and engineering.
- Introductions by Sebastan & Max on Digitail and CoScreen
- How Deep Collaboration makes remote startups more productive
- The remote work stack of Digitail and CoScreen
- How Digitail uses CoScreen