Luis Vega at LeadDev West Coast 2023
summary
Creates a team that owns and rewrites Bloomberg’s internal JavaScript/TypeScript apps used across thousands of engineers, hires mostly via internal referrals, and ships small MVPs fast. Uses branding and mascots like Jack and Doctor to drive adoption, builds tools named Good and Envy, chooses TypeScript, enforces staying off the critical path so engineers ship, becomes power users of the tools, and candidly recounts a live CDC demo crash from a memory leak.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Introduction to management
- 1:36Early days at Bloomberg
- 3:24Transitioning to leadership
- 6:19Building the team
- 8:04Mascot-driven development
- 10:48Delegation and leadership
- 12:29Creating a positive culture
- 15:37Becoming power users
- 17:24Lessons from failure
- 19:48Sustaining team growth
- 22:23Reflections and conclusion
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