How to Lead Your Team to Success When Failure Seems Inevitable—with Gwen Shapira I Postman


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Jul 24 2024 52 mins   8

In this episode of Breaking Changes, Postman Head of Product-Observability Jean Yang interviews Gwen Shapira, co-founder and CPO of Nile, for an insightful discussion on engineering leadership and navigating transformations. Learn about her strategies for keeping up with trends and balancing long-term visions with user feedback, as well as the rewards of finding the right people for the right challenges. Discover Gwen's advice on offshore teams, cultural bridges, serverless tech, AI's impact on content, and Nile's exciting developments!



For more on Gwen Shapira, check out the following:


LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gwenshapira/


Twitter: https://twitter.com/gwenshap


Personal Website: https://hackingsaas.thenile.dev/


Nile Website: https://www.thenile.dev/



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Episode Timestamps


00:00 Introduction and Background

04:18 - Getting into Engineering Leadership

08:07 - Gwen's Current Job and the Role of a Founder

10:38 - Smooth Introduction of a Necessary Change

21:27 - Change that Didn't Go Well

23:02 - One Thing that Didn't Change at Confluent

25:25 - One Thing that Did Change at Confluent

29:45 - Keeping Up with Trends in the Industry

37:43 - Balancing Vision and User Feedback

41:03 - Working with Offshore Teams

42:02 - Advice for Introducing Offshore Teams

43:09 - Creating Independent Offshore Teams

44:36 - Ensuring Equality and Opportunities for Offshore Engineers

45:49 - Bridging Cultural Differences

47:57 - Underrated Breaking Changes: Serverless

48:49 - Preparing for Breaking Changes in AI

51:28 - Exciting Changes at Nile

52:29 - Finding More Information about Gwen and Nile