Andy Siefkes–Co-founder of Connective and Get Busy Liv’n–joins us for this episode of The 1:1 Podcast. We discuss the importance of living an authentic, balanced life in an industry where it can be challenging to do so.

0:00 - Intro

2:24 - Work-life balance and the Get Busy Livn brand

4:34 - How Get Busy Livn started

7:15 - What happens on a Get Busy Livn trip

9:20 - Different personality types / being true to yourself

15:53 - Advice for workaholics on how to Get Busy Livn

21:21 - Strategies to confront pressure

26:42 - The importance of hope and friendship

32:13 - What's next for Get Busy Livn

39:01 - Final thoughts

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Andrey Kudievskiy–CEO of Distillery–joins us for this episode of The 1:1 Podcast.

We discuss the real world impact of AI, advice for software engineers still struggling to land a role in this challenging job market, and some predictions about the future.

Takeaways:

* At Distillery, integrating AI tools is making developers between 40% and 60% more productive but is not replacing their jobs. They have seen even bigger gains in generating test data (approximately 2-3x).

* Today’s challenging job market for software engineers is mostly due to pandemic overhiring, not AI.

* For engineers struggling to find a new role in the current job market, you may have skills outside the job description which can help you stand out. For example, at Distillery developers who can communicate in multiple languages may get more opportunities given the company’s multinational clients.

0:00 - Intro

3:27 - Onshore vs offshore vs nearshore

7:05 - Distillery's journey into AI

12:14 - Overcoming growing pains

16:52 - Generative AI hype vs. help

21:10 - Making the business case for AI

23:12 - Advice to engineers feeling stuck in this job market

26:51 - In-demand skills and upskilling

30:32 - Dealing with legacy systems

34:58 - Training sales to speak intelligently about AI

37:37 - Looking ahead 2-3 years

44:34 - Closing thoughts

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Casandra Minichiello–Agile Coaching Senior Advisor for Cigna–joins us for this episode of The 1:1 Podcast.

We talk about the emotional roots of the Agile Manifesto, how Agile has been misapplied, and what it looks like when Agile coaching is done right. We also reminisce about the joy of using a physical Kanban board.

0:00 - Intro

2:50 - Where Agility started for Casandra (reminiscing about 2005 WebMD)

11:37 - Agile is NOT a project management methodology

14:13 - PMI / Scrum Alliance merger

15:48 - How upper management can support Agile teams

20:38 - The joys of a physical Kanban board

24:44 - Some Agile history / terminology

33:14 - Evolving Agile to work better in hybrid and remote environments

43:15 - Signs a company isn’t really Agile

45:47 - Doing Agile vs. being Agile

52:32 - Why Casandra prefers Kanban over Scrum

56:48 - Agile pet peeves

1:03:27 - One small change a leader can make to foster more agility

1:08:32 - Final thoughts

Takeaways:

* Agile is NOT dead, contrary to what you might have read on LinkedIn. But it is evolving to adapt to a software industry which has undergone many changes since the Agile Manifesto was written in 2001.

* Agile is NOT a project management framework, which makes the Scrum Alliance merger with PMI confusing and frustrating

* Kanban is the best Agile methodology for most people (sorry Scrum)

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