Jason Warner of Github Talks with Sonali Sambhus of Square at Elevate2020 by Plato
summary
Companies report ~70% of engineering staff already distributed, so the operational rule is to over‑communicate across every level and treat remote work as the default. Hiring shifts include adopting a Rooney rule — interview at least one underrepresented candidate before senior offers. Technical reality is that platforms like Kubernetes make systems more brittle and require specialists. Leadership must pair measurable results with empathetic authority, and careers behave as a lattice not a ladder.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Introduction
- 2:12Managing remote and distributed teams
- 3:35Diversity and leadership
- 7:36Empathy in leadership
- 11:27The perfect leader
- 12:25What would you tell your younger self
- 13:55What would you do if you had a time machine
- 16:33Imposter syndrome
- 19:18Connecting mission and vision
- 21:06What it takes to become the CTO of Github
- 22:54What are the biggest threats to technology
- 24:28How to be authoritative and empathetic
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