Keynote: Kiwiana & code
summary
New Zealand tech is very small—about 114,000 people, 5% of the workforce, generating ~8% of GDP—and global layoffs of ~84,700 in January are shockingly large relative to that. Engineering culture emphasis shifts to fairness over status and multi‑skilled generalists: teams expect people to wear many “gadget arms.” Practical measurables come from Accelerate metrics (lead time, deploy frequency, MTTR, change failure rate). Examples include Xero moving accounting to the cloud and grassroots fixes like a simple kindling cutter that actually works.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Prae introduces Katrina
- 0:50Katrina introduces her talk
- 2:19People and NZ tech workforce
- 11:08Leadership in NZ
- 20:23Organisation design in NZ
- 27:19Problem scope
- 35:55Measurement
- 40:56Summary
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