Techpoint Charlie Mon, 23 Mar 2026 23:06:05 -0400 http://techpointcharlie.blog en-us © 2026 Techpoint Charlie yes 3f123b1d-fe13-5580-8d59-1de768a48138 Raz, Yael, Noa and Alaa episodic false Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) Product, Engineering, Data Science, User Experience, Design, Tech, Culture, Techpoint, Charlie Raz, Yael, Noa and Alaa https://storage.buzzsprout.com/zzp8vrwqc0iehh9eo70utyvm1hc8?.jpg Techpoint Charlie http://techpointcharlie.blog Episode 25: Why you shouldn't be a manager Episode 25: Why you shouldn't be a manager Noa Tamir (Data Science Manager) and Raz Shuty (Engineering Manager) share with Alaa Sarhan (IC Fullstack-er) what management is about in general and why an IC (Individual Contributor) is nowadays more than ever empowered to not become a manager for the wrong reasons.

Sneak-peak reasons from the episode:

  • Manager role is totally different from a lead IC role
  • ICs are paid more than managers
  •  Missing short reward cycles, a.k.a "It's not about you anymore"
  • and more in our lovely conversation ;)

Recommended reads on the topic:


Music credits: Dan Lebowitz: Come and Get It! Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License 


]]> Noa Tamir (Data Science Manager) and Raz Shuty (Engineering Manager) share with Alaa Sarhan (IC Fullstack-er) what management is about in general and why an IC (Individual Contributor) is nowadays more than ever empowered to not become a manager for the wrong reasons.

Sneak-peak reasons from the episode:

  • Manager role is totally different from a lead IC role
  • ICs are paid more than managers
  •  Missing short reward cycles, a.k.a "It's not about you anymore"
  • and more in our lovely conversation ;)

Recommended reads on the topic:


Music credits: Dan Lebowitz: Come and Get It! Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License 


]]> Raz, Yael, Noa and Alaa Buzzsprout-5619649 Mon, 19 Oct 2020 07:00:00 +0200 2884 2 15 full false Episode 24: QA, Automation, and everything in between Episode 24: QA, Automation, and everything in between Noa Tamir and Alaa Sarhan speak with Rony Lahav about the role of QA and Automation, Why do we need QA people (or why developers shouldn’t be the only testers), Different Test - Component, Integration, System, E2E, Is Manual QA dead?

We also touched on:

  • Automation is a software project
  • when should testing/QA stop? / what kind of bugs/edges cases are fine to be ignored or not covered?
  • QA vs. Product Acceptance. How much do they conflict, and do they complement each other?
  • what areas QA covers on top of "functional": performance, accessibility, usability, fault tolerance/recoverability, etc.
  • In presence of QA team/role, what should Software Engineers test?
  • Tracking data quality: tracking QA, and Functional QA (OSS tool from King https://github.com/king/tratt-api)
  • Phases of QA: development, build, release, on-call
  • What QA and TE gets that devs, PMs, and DS don’t get and what do we get when there are better collaboration and comms
  • Team testing

Music credits: Dan Lebowitz: Come and Get It! Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License 


]]> Noa Tamir and Alaa Sarhan speak with Rony Lahav about the role of QA and Automation, Why do we need QA people (or why developers shouldn’t be the only testers), Different Test - Component, Integration, System, E2E, Is Manual QA dead?

We also touched on:

  • Automation is a software project
  • when should testing/QA stop? / what kind of bugs/edges cases are fine to be ignored or not covered?
  • QA vs. Product Acceptance. How much do they conflict, and do they complement each other?
  • what areas QA covers on top of "functional": performance, accessibility, usability, fault tolerance/recoverability, etc.
  • In presence of QA team/role, what should Software Engineers test?
  • Tracking data quality: tracking QA, and Functional QA (OSS tool from King https://github.com/king/tratt-api)
  • Phases of QA: development, build, release, on-call
  • What QA and TE gets that devs, PMs, and DS don’t get and what do we get when there are better collaboration and comms
  • Team testing

Music credits: Dan Lebowitz: Come and Get It! Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License 


]]> Raz, Yael, Noa and Alaa Buzzsprout-4983602 Mon, 24 Aug 2020 07:00:00 +0200 2993 2 14 full false Episode 23 - Functional Management Episode 23 - Functional Management Noa Tamir and Alaa Sarhan speak with Alexandra Paun (@ale_paun) about the Functional Manager hat that she often wears as part of her current job at King.

We learn from Alexandra the many intersections this role has with many, if not all functions and departments in the organization, even extending outside of it to negotiate, collaborate and continuously work with external partners and organization, to bring a great business initiative from conception to life.

In this episode we talk about the skill set of a functional manager, the phases a project goes through under their supervision and the challenges and rewarding aspects of this role.



Music credits: Dan Lebowitz: Come and Get It! Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License 

]]> Noa Tamir and Alaa Sarhan speak with Alexandra Paun (@ale_paun) about the Functional Manager hat that she often wears as part of her current job at King.

We learn from Alexandra the many intersections this role has with many, if not all functions and departments in the organization, even extending outside of it to negotiate, collaborate and continuously work with external partners and organization, to bring a great business initiative from conception to life.

In this episode we talk about the skill set of a functional manager, the phases a project goes through under their supervision and the challenges and rewarding aspects of this role.



Music credits: Dan Lebowitz: Come and Get It! Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License 

]]> Raz, Yael, Noa and Alaa Buzzsprout-4532879 Mon, 27 Jul 2020 09:00:00 +0200 3040 2 13 full false Quickpoint Charlie Episode 4: Persona frameworks for a team event Quickpoint Charlie Episode 4: Persona frameworks for a team event A quick episode where Raz Shuty, Noa Tamir, Alaa Sarhan (@TweetingAlaa) are randomly asking themselves a question and trying to see how they feel about it, in 20 minutes:

Have you used any persona framework at work. If so what did you like about it? What was it good for? What’s the downside of using them?

Nothing scientific here, more like a quick conversation about it :)

Also Available on:

Spotify, iTunes, Google, Stitcher, TuneIn, PlayerFM


Music credits: Dan Lebowitz: Come and Get It! Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License 

]]> A quick episode where Raz Shuty, Noa Tamir, Alaa Sarhan (@TweetingAlaa) are randomly asking themselves a question and trying to see how they feel about it, in 20 minutes:

Have you used any persona framework at work. If so what did you like about it? What was it good for? What’s the downside of using them?

Nothing scientific here, more like a quick conversation about it :)

Also Available on:

Spotify, iTunes, Google, Stitcher, TuneIn, PlayerFM


Music credits: Dan Lebowitz: Come and Get It! Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License 

]]> Raz, Yael, Noa and Alaa Buzzsprout-3979892 Mon, 29 Jun 2020 07:00:00 +0200 1159 2 12 full false Episode 22: Emotions at work (with Phil Bennett) Episode 22: Emotions at work (with Phil Bennett) Noa Tamir and Alaa Sarhan meet with our lovely guest Phil Bennett to chat about Emotions at work

Triggered by an article Phil Bennett wrote called The Crying Game: It’s OK to Cry at Work!

Emotions are unavoidable and normal, but you have to understand the emotional Labour you’re putting on other people. That said, sometimes high emotions are the only way people can express what they really feel. Especially in times of frustration. 

In the episode:

  • Intro to Phil, and his experience from working in agencies 
  • Wearing your heart on your sleeve and its effect on others 
  • Perspectives on differences between individual contributors and managers
  • Going through personal difficulties while at work 
  • Emotional labour, empathy as a skill, and fairness
  • Support frameworks we know: 
    • Step away or take a walk
    • Ask people if they are OK
    • Managers, HR, Trust keepers, Coaches, Psychologists


Also Available on:

Spotify, iTunes, Google, Stitcher, TuneIn, PlayerFM


Music credits: Dan Lebowitz: Come and Get It!
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License 

]]> Noa Tamir and Alaa Sarhan meet with our lovely guest Phil Bennett to chat about Emotions at work

Triggered by an article Phil Bennett wrote called The Crying Game: It’s OK to Cry at Work!

Emotions are unavoidable and normal, but you have to understand the emotional Labour you’re putting on other people. That said, sometimes high emotions are the only way people can express what they really feel. Especially in times of frustration. 

In the episode:

  • Intro to Phil, and his experience from working in agencies 
  • Wearing your heart on your sleeve and its effect on others 
  • Perspectives on differences between individual contributors and managers
  • Going through personal difficulties while at work 
  • Emotional labour, empathy as a skill, and fairness
  • Support frameworks we know: 
    • Step away or take a walk
    • Ask people if they are OK
    • Managers, HR, Trust keepers, Coaches, Psychologists


Also Available on:

Spotify, iTunes, Google, Stitcher, TuneIn, PlayerFM


Music credits: Dan Lebowitz: Come and Get It!
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License 

]]> Raz, Yael, Noa and Alaa Buzzsprout-4214756 Mon, 22 Jun 2020 07:00:00 +0200 3369 2 10 full false Extra stuff from our emotions at work episode: Games and Remote Emotions at work Extra stuff from our emotions at work episode: Games and Remote Emotions at work Raz, Yael, Noa and Alaa Buzzsprout-4224419 Thu, 18 Jun 2020 14:00:00 +0200 1175 2 11 full false Quickpoint Charlie Episode 3: Too Many Meetings Quickpoint Charlie Episode 3: Too Many Meetings A quick episode where Raz Shuty, Noa Tamir, Alaa Sarhan (@TweetingAlaa) are randomly asking themselves a question and trying to see how they feel about it, in 20 minutes:

How do you battle the common "too many meetings" problem? 

Nothing scientific here, more like a quick conversation about it :)

Also Available on:

Spotify, iTunes, Google, Stitcher, TuneIn, PlayerFM


Music credits: Dan Lebowitz: Come and Get It! Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License 

]]> A quick episode where Raz Shuty, Noa Tamir, Alaa Sarhan (@TweetingAlaa) are randomly asking themselves a question and trying to see how they feel about it, in 20 minutes:

How do you battle the common "too many meetings" problem? 

Nothing scientific here, more like a quick conversation about it :)

Also Available on:

Spotify, iTunes, Google, Stitcher, TuneIn, PlayerFM


Music credits: Dan Lebowitz: Come and Get It! Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License 

]]> Raz, Yael, Noa and Alaa Buzzsprout-4003913 Mon, 15 Jun 2020 07:00:00 +0200 1109 2 9 full false Episode 21: Measuring Success Episode 21: Measuring Success Alaa Sarhan (@TweetingAlaa) Fullstack Engineer at Doodle is inviting Armin Bognar Product Advisor and Head of Product at Orderlion and Marc Sandifer Senior Product Manager at Contorion for a conversation to exchange and share their knowledge and experiences around measuring success in product companies; a topic that is or must be near and dear to every Product Manager, Product Designer and  pretty much any Individual Contributor in a product team.

  • What success do we want to measure?
  • How do we shift from output-driven to impact-driven process and culture?
  • How can we measure impact of our changes, small or big, operational or strategic?

In this episode, we mentioned:

]]> Alaa Sarhan (@TweetingAlaa) Fullstack Engineer at Doodle is inviting Armin Bognar Product Advisor and Head of Product at Orderlion and Marc Sandifer Senior Product Manager at Contorion for a conversation to exchange and share their knowledge and experiences around measuring success in product companies; a topic that is or must be near and dear to every Product Manager, Product Designer and  pretty much any Individual Contributor in a product team.

  • What success do we want to measure?
  • How do we shift from output-driven to impact-driven process and culture?
  • How can we measure impact of our changes, small or big, operational or strategic?

In this episode, we mentioned:

]]> Alaa, Marc and Armin Buzzsprout-3415672 Mon, 08 Jun 2020 07:00:00 +0200 3397 2 8 full false Episode 20: Open Plan Offices: 3 hosts, too many feelings Episode 20: Open Plan Offices: 3 hosts, too many feelings Raz Shuty, Noa Tamir, and Alaa Sarhan meet to chat about open plan offices, and how working in them makes them feel..

We mention in this episode: 

  1. The (recent) history of open plan offices
  2. Our personal experiences working in open plan offices, and other office plans
  3. Cubicles!
  4. HBR's "The Truth about Open Plan Offices"
  5. Clear glass rooms
  6. How are we dealing with the circumstances as individual contributors, and as managers
  7. Lots and lots of feelings!

Also Available on:

Spotify, iTunes, Google, Stitcher, TuneIn,PlayerFM


Music credits: Dan Lebowitz: Come and Get It!
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License 

]]> Raz Shuty, Noa Tamir, and Alaa Sarhan meet to chat about open plan offices, and how working in them makes them feel..

We mention in this episode: 

  1. The (recent) history of open plan offices
  2. Our personal experiences working in open plan offices, and other office plans
  3. Cubicles!
  4. HBR's "The Truth about Open Plan Offices"
  5. Clear glass rooms
  6. How are we dealing with the circumstances as individual contributors, and as managers
  7. Lots and lots of feelings!

Also Available on:

Spotify, iTunes, Google, Stitcher, TuneIn,PlayerFM


Music credits: Dan Lebowitz: Come and Get It!
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License 

]]> Raz, Yael, Noa and Alaa Buzzsprout-3800201 Mon, 25 May 2020 07:00:00 +0200 3477 Podcast, Techpoint Charlie, Open Office, Cubicles, Team Rooms 2 7 full false Episode 19 (Quickpoint Charlie Episode 2): Talking about Managers Episode 19 (Quickpoint Charlie Episode 2): Talking about Managers A quick episode where Yael Schweiger, Raz Shuty and Noa Tamir are randomly asking themselves two questions and trying to see how they feel about them:

  • Can you be a Manager without being an IC in the role? 
  • Can managers be friends with the people they manage? 

Nothing scientific here, more like a quick conversation about it :)

Also Available on:

Spotify, iTunes, Google, Stitcher, TuneIn, PlayerFM


Music credits: Dan Lebowitz: Come and Get It! Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License 


]]> A quick episode where Yael Schweiger, Raz Shuty and Noa Tamir are randomly asking themselves two questions and trying to see how they feel about them:

  • Can you be a Manager without being an IC in the role? 
  • Can managers be friends with the people they manage? 

Nothing scientific here, more like a quick conversation about it :)

Also Available on:

Spotify, iTunes, Google, Stitcher, TuneIn, PlayerFM


Music credits: Dan Lebowitz: Come and Get It! Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License 


]]> Raz, Yael and Noa Buzzsprout-3241588 Mon, 18 May 2020 07:00:00 +0200 1703 Management, Leadership, Podcast, Techpoint Charlie, Good Manager, Bad Manager 2 7 full false Episode 18: On Call Engineering: How to do it and Smile with Charity Majors Episode 18: On Call Engineering: How to do it and Smile with Charity Majors On-Call Engineering: How to do it and smile

  • Intro to the topic and Charity Majors
  • What is on-call even? And why does it exist?
  • Our Experiences with on-call?
    • When did we start? How many years, some stories about our past and why we are talking about it 
  • How to onboard to on-call?
  • Can it be done and actually be positive? 
  • What causes on-call to be negative then?
    • What are the steps that can be done to improve it? 
  • What is incident management?

Charity Majors is the CTO of Honeycomb.io, @mipsytipy on Twitter, and blogs at https://charity.wtf/

Links Raz shared with his team:


Also Available on:
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Music credits: Dan Lebowitz: Come and Get It! Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License 

]]> On-Call Engineering: How to do it and smile

  • Intro to the topic and Charity Majors
  • What is on-call even? And why does it exist?
  • Our Experiences with on-call?
    • When did we start? How many years, some stories about our past and why we are talking about it 
  • How to onboard to on-call?
  • Can it be done and actually be positive? 
  • What causes on-call to be negative then?
    • What are the steps that can be done to improve it? 
  • What is incident management?

Charity Majors is the CTO of Honeycomb.io, @mipsytipy on Twitter, and blogs at https://charity.wtf/

Links Raz shared with his team:


Also Available on:
Spotify, iTunes, Google, Stitcher, TuneIn, PlayerFM

Music credits: Dan Lebowitz: Come and Get It! Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License 

]]> Raz, Noa and Charity Majors Buzzsprout-3621778 Mon, 11 May 2020 08:00:00 +0200 2864 on-call, incident management, Podcast, Techpoint Charlie, pager duty, opsgenie 2 6 full true Episode 17: Good Manager, Bad Manager Episode 17: Good Manager, Bad Manager Yael Schweiger, Raz Shuty and Noa Tamir are meeting again to talk about management, and specifically what makes a good manager, and how makes a bad one... 


We mentioned in this episode

  1. What is the role of a manager?
    1. What sort of manager are we talking about? Project / People / Function / Strategic / Change Management?
  2. Can an inexperienced manager be a good manager?
  3. Should it be a full-on move? Can it be a combo IC+M role? Does it scale?
  4. How to recognize a good manager
    1. What they do
    2. How you feel
  5. How to recognize a bad manager
    1. What they do 
    2. How you feel
  6. Some stories from our past (good or bad that shaped us as people) 


Reading recommendations: 

  1. https://charity.wtf/2019/09/08/reasons-not-to-be-a-manager/
  2. https://charity.wtf/2019/01/04/engineering-management-the-pendulum-or-the-ladder/
  3. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/300025.The_Ideal_Executive 

References:

  1. https://www.amazon.com/Managers-Path-Leaders-Navigating-Growth/dp/1491973897
  2. https://www.welcometothejungle.com/en/articles/btc-manager-path-camille-fournier
  3. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45007872-97-things-every-engineering-manager-should-know
  4. https://www.inc.com/marcel-schwantes/4-signs-that-a-boss-has-high-emotional-intelligence.html 
  5. https://increment.com/teams/how-to-build-a-startup-engineering-team/ 
  6. https://hbr.org/2018/05/managers-cant-be-great-coaches-all-by-themselves 

https://www.trainingjournal.com/articles/feature/four-types-dysfunctional-manager


Also Available on:

Spotify, iTunes, Google, Stitcher, TuneIn, PlayerFM


Music credits: Dan Lebowitz: Come and Get It! Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License 

]]> Yael Schweiger, Raz Shuty and Noa Tamir are meeting again to talk about management, and specifically what makes a good manager, and how makes a bad one... 


We mentioned in this episode

  1. What is the role of a manager?
    1. What sort of manager are we talking about? Project / People / Function / Strategic / Change Management?
  2. Can an inexperienced manager be a good manager?
  3. Should it be a full-on move? Can it be a combo IC+M role? Does it scale?
  4. How to recognize a good manager
    1. What they do
    2. How you feel
  5. How to recognize a bad manager
    1. What they do 
    2. How you feel
  6. Some stories from our past (good or bad that shaped us as people) 


Reading recommendations: 

  1. https://charity.wtf/2019/09/08/reasons-not-to-be-a-manager/
  2. https://charity.wtf/2019/01/04/engineering-management-the-pendulum-or-the-ladder/
  3. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/300025.The_Ideal_Executive 

References:

  1. https://www.amazon.com/Managers-Path-Leaders-Navigating-Growth/dp/1491973897
  2. https://www.welcometothejungle.com/en/articles/btc-manager-path-camille-fournier
  3. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45007872-97-things-every-engineering-manager-should-know
  4. https://www.inc.com/marcel-schwantes/4-signs-that-a-boss-has-high-emotional-intelligence.html 
  5. https://increment.com/teams/how-to-build-a-startup-engineering-team/ 
  6. https://hbr.org/2018/05/managers-cant-be-great-coaches-all-by-themselves 

https://www.trainingjournal.com/articles/feature/four-types-dysfunctional-manager


Also Available on:

Spotify, iTunes, Google, Stitcher, TuneIn, PlayerFM


Music credits: Dan Lebowitz: Come and Get It! Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License 

]]> Raz, Yael and Noa Buzzsprout-3242263 Mon, 27 Apr 2020 07:00:00 +0200 4540 Management, Leadership, Podcast, Techpoint Charlie, Good Manager, Bad Manager 2 5 full false Episode 16: What is the role of Data Scientist? Episode 16: What is the role of Data Scientist? Yael Schweiger Senior Product Owner at Careship, Raz Shuty Director Of Engineering at Delivery Hero and Noa Tamir are talking about what is the role of a data scientist 

  • What do people usually get wrong about this role?
  • How can data scientists help, and who?
  • What skills or mindset are important for this role?
  • How do you get to it?
  • What does it mean to be a junior in this role vs senior/experienced? What are the main big differences you learn along the way?

We mentioned in this episode


Also Available on:

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Music credits: Dan Lebowitz: Come and Get It! Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License 

]]> Yael Schweiger Senior Product Owner at Careship, Raz Shuty Director Of Engineering at Delivery Hero and Noa Tamir are talking about what is the role of a data scientist 

  • What do people usually get wrong about this role?
  • How can data scientists help, and who?
  • What skills or mindset are important for this role?
  • How do you get to it?
  • What does it mean to be a junior in this role vs senior/experienced? What are the main big differences you learn along the way?

We mentioned in this episode


Also Available on:

Spotify, iTunes, Google, Stitcher, TuneIn, PlayerFM


Music credits: Dan Lebowitz: Come and Get It! Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License 

]]> Raz, Yael and Noa Tamir Buzzsprout-2952154 Mon, 13 Apr 2020 08:00:00 +0200 3965 Data Science, Podcast, Techpoint Charlie, Data Engineering, Data, Data Analyst 2 4 full false Episode 15: What is Product-minded Engineering? What are product-minded developers? Episode 15: What is Product-minded Engineering? What are product-minded developers?
Daniel Rüdiger Senior Product Manager at Delivery Hero, Alaa Sarhan Fullstack Engineer at Doodle (yes yes! the doodle you send your friends when you are trying to arrange a movie night at your place) and Raz Shuty Director Of Engineering at Delivery Hero are having an episode without Yael and Noa, and trying to figure out, what is product-driven development? What is this new trend called Product-Developers?


We mentioned in this episode

  • What is product-driven development?
    • The development team is involved in finding the best solutions to solve business problems instead of just implementing them
    • Detached from “What” by Product and “How” by Tech
    • Value outcome over output
    • Opposite: Feature Factory(?)
  • What are Product Developers?
  • Why product-driven development?
    • Pros
      • Have many (smart) people solve a problem instead of just one/few
      • Most people more motivated by being involved in “what” is being built
    • Cons
      • Highly specialized people “waste” time on topics they are not expert in
      • Overhead of storytelling, getting everybody involved (?)
  • Discussable questions
    • How to handle a high-output software engineer in a product-driven development team?
    • Is product-driven development the evolution of cross-functional teams?
    • What’s the role of a product manager in a team of product-driven developers?
    • If product-driven development focuses on “product output”: What’s your opinion on trying out new technologies (for the sake of trying out new technologies)?
  • Alaa's blog posts:

Also Available on:

Spotify, iTunes, Google, Stitcher, TuneIn, PlayerFM


Music credits: Dan Lebowitz: Come and Get It! Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License 


]]>
Daniel Rüdiger Senior Product Manager at Delivery Hero, Alaa Sarhan Fullstack Engineer at Doodle (yes yes! the doodle you send your friends when you are trying to arrange a movie night at your place) and Raz Shuty Director Of Engineering at Delivery Hero are having an episode without Yael and Noa, and trying to figure out, what is product-driven development? What is this new trend called Product-Developers?


We mentioned in this episode

  • What is product-driven development?
    • The development team is involved in finding the best solutions to solve business problems instead of just implementing them
    • Detached from “What” by Product and “How” by Tech
    • Value outcome over output
    • Opposite: Feature Factory(?)
  • What are Product Developers?
  • Why product-driven development?
    • Pros
      • Have many (smart) people solve a problem instead of just one/few
      • Most people more motivated by being involved in “what” is being built
    • Cons
      • Highly specialized people “waste” time on topics they are not expert in
      • Overhead of storytelling, getting everybody involved (?)
  • Discussable questions
    • How to handle a high-output software engineer in a product-driven development team?
    • Is product-driven development the evolution of cross-functional teams?
    • What’s the role of a product manager in a team of product-driven developers?
    • If product-driven development focuses on “product output”: What’s your opinion on trying out new technologies (for the sake of trying out new technologies)?
  • Alaa's blog posts:

Also Available on:

Spotify, iTunes, Google, Stitcher, TuneIn, PlayerFM


Music credits: Dan Lebowitz: Come and Get It! Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License 


]]> Raz, Daniel and Alaa Buzzsprout-3041332 Mon, 30 Mar 2020 08:00:00 +0200 3795 Product Development, Podcast, Techpoint Charlie, Product Driven, Product Developer 2 3 full false Episode 14: Remote Work: past, COVID19, and future Episode 14: Remote Work: past, COVID19, and future Noa Tamir is our awesome new host, and Raz Shuty met remotely to talk about remote work, but also about this specific occasion of remote work with Covid-19...

Trying to understand what is remote work first of all, what are our feelings and experiences and talk about different models (and what it means how it differs from the current reality we are experiencing now) 

We mentioned in this episode

Intro: 

  • What's remote working even?
  • What are the benefits?
  • What are the downsides?

Our experiences:

  • flexible, if-needed, prohibited 

Different models of working remotely:

  • A remote employee (minimal amount) in an on-premise place
  • Partial remote/partial on-prem
  • Flexible
  • Fully Remote
  • Unplanned remote with further complications (kids at home, caring for others, stress, not being prepared)

We mentioned in this episode

]]> Noa Tamir is our awesome new host, and Raz Shuty met remotely to talk about remote work, but also about this specific occasion of remote work with Covid-19...

Trying to understand what is remote work first of all, what are our feelings and experiences and talk about different models (and what it means how it differs from the current reality we are experiencing now) 

We mentioned in this episode

Intro: 

  • What's remote working even?
  • What are the benefits?
  • What are the downsides?

Our experiences:

  • flexible, if-needed, prohibited 

Different models of working remotely:

  • A remote employee (minimal amount) in an on-premise place
  • Partial remote/partial on-prem
  • Flexible
  • Fully Remote
  • Unplanned remote with further complications (kids at home, caring for others, stress, not being prepared)

We mentioned in this episode

]]> Raz and Yael Buzzsprout-3077902 Mon, 23 Mar 2020 08:00:00 +0100 3550 2 2 full false Episode 13: Let's make sense of Data Science Episode 13: Let's make sense of Data Science Yael Schweiger Senior Product Owner at Careship, Raz Shuty Director Of Engineering at Delivery Hero and our awesome guest Noa Tamir are trying to make sense of the data of data science, what are the different roles? What is the difference between User Research, Market Research, Data Science Researchers, Business Analysts, Business Intelligence, Data Analysts, Data Scientists, Machine Learning Engineers, Data Engineers?

We mentioned in this episode


Also Available on:

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Music credits: Dan Lebowitz: Come and Get It! Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License 


]]> Yael Schweiger Senior Product Owner at Careship, Raz Shuty Director Of Engineering at Delivery Hero and our awesome guest Noa Tamir are trying to make sense of the data of data science, what are the different roles? What is the difference between User Research, Market Research, Data Science Researchers, Business Analysts, Business Intelligence, Data Analysts, Data Scientists, Machine Learning Engineers, Data Engineers?

We mentioned in this episode


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]]> Raz, Yael and Noa Tamir Buzzsprout-2951539 Mon, 16 Mar 2020 08:00:00 +0100 3410 Data Science, Podcast, Techpoint Charlie, Data Engineering, Data, Data Analyst 2 1 full false Episode 12: UX Research Episode 12: UX Research Anne's reading recommendations:

  • Must have -

UX Maturity Model: https://www.nngroup.com/articles/ux-maturity-stages-1-4/

  • Nice to have -

 The role of a user researcher: https://medium.com/@stonecrops/the-researchers-journey-leveling-up-as-a-user-researcher-a85cd35b53f5

Research Ops community: https://researchops.github.io/www//

Dovetail, my research repository: https://dovetailapp.com/


Our episode today:

  • Introduction to the episode and Anne
  • Introduction to the role of UX research
    • What exactly that is
    • Why even have one, and not just incorporate research into your role
    • How is it different than doing research as part of another role (designer, product manager...)
  • The motivation for doing it
  • How does it look like in the day to day
    • For Anne
    • For others
  • UX Maturity / How to live a user-centered approach in any organization


  1. The UX Maturity Model
    “User-centered” is a buzzword your organization uses? The time or an honest self-assessment.
    1. As their UX approach matures, organizations typically progress through the same sequence of stages, from initial hostility to widespread reliance on user research. (NN Group, Nasdaq)
      E.g. scope, purpose, staffing
    2. Cultural topic but also needs a monetary investment


  2. Creating awareness and exposure hours
    Experience precedes essence - you’ve got to get out there!
    1. “Evangelizing” takes time, building relationships
    2. In the end, you just have to do it and grow into it 
    3. UXR dashboard: # people participated, # days since the last contact, % of a team conducting research within last 3 months
    4. The team has its own insights = most beautiful moments for me


  3. Processes & scaling
    Everybody owns user research.
    1. Empowering teams
    2. ReOps


  4. Making data actionable:
    Maybe not everybody’s a designer - but everybody contributes to the customer experience.
    1. Tailored to organizational needs, lean & jtbd vs scientific
    2. Research repositories
    3. Journey maps and OKRs


  5. Educated decisions
    Sometimes there is no right or wrong decision - but it’s always wrong to make an uneducated decision. 


https://www.nngroup.com/articles/ux-maturity-stages-1-4/

https://uxdesign.cc/the-organizations-design-research-maturity-model-b631471c007c#.kc3ubuh91













]]> Anne's reading recommendations:

  • Must have -

UX Maturity Model: https://www.nngroup.com/articles/ux-maturity-stages-1-4/

  • Nice to have -

 The role of a user researcher: https://medium.com/@stonecrops/the-researchers-journey-leveling-up-as-a-user-researcher-a85cd35b53f5

Research Ops community: https://researchops.github.io/www//

Dovetail, my research repository: https://dovetailapp.com/


Our episode today:

  • Introduction to the episode and Anne
  • Introduction to the role of UX research
    • What exactly that is
    • Why even have one, and not just incorporate research into your role
    • How is it different than doing research as part of another role (designer, product manager...)
  • The motivation for doing it
  • How does it look like in the day to day
    • For Anne
    • For others
  • UX Maturity / How to live a user-centered approach in any organization


  1. The UX Maturity Model
    “User-centered” is a buzzword your organization uses? The time or an honest self-assessment.
    1. As their UX approach matures, organizations typically progress through the same sequence of stages, from initial hostility to widespread reliance on user research. (NN Group, Nasdaq)
      E.g. scope, purpose, staffing
    2. Cultural topic but also needs a monetary investment


  2. Creating awareness and exposure hours
    Experience precedes essence - you’ve got to get out there!
    1. “Evangelizing” takes time, building relationships
    2. In the end, you just have to do it and grow into it 
    3. UXR dashboard: # people participated, # days since the last contact, % of a team conducting research within last 3 months
    4. The team has its own insights = most beautiful moments for me


  3. Processes & scaling
    Everybody owns user research.
    1. Empowering teams
    2. ReOps


  4. Making data actionable:
    Maybe not everybody’s a designer - but everybody contributes to the customer experience.
    1. Tailored to organizational needs, lean & jtbd vs scientific
    2. Research repositories
    3. Journey maps and OKRs


  5. Educated decisions
    Sometimes there is no right or wrong decision - but it’s always wrong to make an uneducated decision. 


https://www.nngroup.com/articles/ux-maturity-stages-1-4/

https://uxdesign.cc/the-organizations-design-research-maturity-model-b631471c007c#.kc3ubuh91













]]> Raz and Yael and Anne! Buzzsprout-1871458 Mon, 21 Oct 2019 08:00:00 +0200 3538 UX, research, Maturity Model, desgine 1 12 full false Episode 11: One on Ones Episode 11: One on Ones Yael Schweiger Senior Product Owner Careship and Raz Shuty Head of Engineering @Wikimedia DE finally came back from a long summer break and decided to talk about one on ones on episode 11 - talk about how to do them, why they are there and what the effects they have and generally what it means to have good ones and to have "bad" ones...

We mentioned in this episode


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]]> Yael Schweiger Senior Product Owner Careship and Raz Shuty Head of Engineering @Wikimedia DE finally came back from a long summer break and decided to talk about one on ones on episode 11 - talk about how to do them, why they are there and what the effects they have and generally what it means to have good ones and to have "bad" ones...

We mentioned in this episode


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Music credits: Dan Lebowitz: Come and Get It! Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License 

]]> Raz and Yael Buzzsprout-1684609 Mon, 16 Sep 2019 07:00:00 +0200 3119 Management, Leadership, Podcast, Techpoint Charlie, One on One. One to One 1 11 full false Episode 10: What it means for everyone to have design and UX leading the strategy? Episode 10: What it means for everyone to have design and UX leading the strategy? Yael Schweiger Senior Product Owner Careship and Raz Shuty Head of Engineering @Wikimedia DE are happy to host Erin Jeavons-Fellows Head of Design (Product) @Delivery Hero Germany and they are talking about where from which point should designers be involved in strategy talks and how to improve our connection to users

We mentioned in this episode

https://www.buzzsprout.com/258844/1223315-episode-10-what-it-means-for-everyone-to-have-design-and-ux-leading-the-strategy

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]]> Yael Schweiger Senior Product Owner Careship and Raz Shuty Head of Engineering @Wikimedia DE are happy to host Erin Jeavons-Fellows Head of Design (Product) @Delivery Hero Germany and they are talking about where from which point should designers be involved in strategy talks and how to improve our connection to users

We mentioned in this episode

https://www.buzzsprout.com/258844/1223315-episode-10-what-it-means-for-everyone-to-have-design-and-ux-leading-the-strategy

Also Available on:

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Music credits: Dan Lebowitz: Come and Get It! Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License 

]]> Raz, Yael and Erin Buzzsprout-1223315 Mon, 10 Jun 2019 08:00:00 +0200 3159 Tech,Product,Engineering,Design,UX,Planning,Strategy 1 10 full false Episode 9: Processes - How to build processes that would work for you and not you enslaved to them? Episode 9: Processes - How to build processes that would work for you and not you enslaved to them? Yael Schweiger Product Owner @K.Lab and Raz Shuty Engineering Manager @Wikimedia DE meet again to talk about Processes, how to build them right, what no to do? do overhauls ever work? and why Raz hates them so much :)

During the episode we mentioned future episodes that this talk inspired us to talk about:

  • One on Ones 
  • How to handle career growth
  • Good Manager, Bad Manager
  • Quick Talk about an in-depth look of the Journey Model
  • How to do Lessons Learned Session A.K.A Postmortem (yuck! bad name!)

This was a productive and fun episode, we think it's actually one of our better episodes and our backlog grew after it, so yay!

We mentioned in this episode





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Music credits: Dan Lebowitz: Come and Get It! Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License 


]]> Yael Schweiger Product Owner @K.Lab and Raz Shuty Engineering Manager @Wikimedia DE meet again to talk about Processes, how to build them right, what no to do? do overhauls ever work? and why Raz hates them so much :)

During the episode we mentioned future episodes that this talk inspired us to talk about:

  • One on Ones 
  • How to handle career growth
  • Good Manager, Bad Manager
  • Quick Talk about an in-depth look of the Journey Model
  • How to do Lessons Learned Session A.K.A Postmortem (yuck! bad name!)

This was a productive and fun episode, we think it's actually one of our better episodes and our backlog grew after it, so yay!

We mentioned in this episode





Also Available on:

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Music credits: Dan Lebowitz: Come and Get It! Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License 


]]> Raz and Yael Buzzsprout-1175276 Sun, 26 May 2019 13:00:00 +0200 3406 1 9 full false Episode 8: Retrospectives - How to do them right and what pitfalls to avoid? Episode 8: Retrospectives - How to do them right and what pitfalls to avoid? Yael Schweiger Product Owner @K.Lab and Raz Shuty Engineering Manager @Wikimedia DE meet again to talk about retrospectives (and why Raz is SO high on them):

We talked about retrospectives, and why they are so good, why value they could bring if they are done right (and of course how to do them "the right way").

We talked about how to create action items and what some other tricks to make you retros productive and effective. 

We mentioned in this episode

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]]> Yael Schweiger Product Owner @K.Lab and Raz Shuty Engineering Manager @Wikimedia DE meet again to talk about retrospectives (and why Raz is SO high on them):

We talked about retrospectives, and why they are so good, why value they could bring if they are done right (and of course how to do them "the right way").

We talked about how to create action items and what some other tricks to make you retros productive and effective. 

We mentioned in this episode

Also Available on:

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Music credits: Dan Lebowitz: Come and Get It! Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License 

]]> Raz and Yael Buzzsprout-1122995 Mon, 13 May 2019 01:00:00 +0200 3062 Tech, Product, Engineering, Retrospectives, Process, Retrospective, Agile 1 8 full false Episode 7: Tech Debt and how to get your Product Manager on board? Episode 7: Tech Debt and how to get your Product Manager on board? Tech Debt and how to get your Product Manager on board?


Yael Schweiger Product Owner @K.Lab and Raz Shuty Engineering Manager @Wikimedia DE meet again to talk about tech debt:

We concluded in the episode that tech debt is a normal thing in every place, and no company or org exists without tech-debt.

We mapped types of tech-debts, clarified why and how they happen and discussed strategies of dealing with them + strategies of communication about them 

We mentioned in this episode


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]]> Tech Debt and how to get your Product Manager on board?


Yael Schweiger Product Owner @K.Lab and Raz Shuty Engineering Manager @Wikimedia DE meet again to talk about tech debt:

We concluded in the episode that tech debt is a normal thing in every place, and no company or org exists without tech-debt.

We mapped types of tech-debts, clarified why and how they happen and discussed strategies of dealing with them + strategies of communication about them 

We mentioned in this episode


Also Available on:

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Music credits: Dan Lebowitz: Come and Get It! Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License 

]]> Raz and Yael Buzzsprout-1057529 Mon, 29 Apr 2019 06:00:00 +0200 4489 1 7 full false Episode 6: What is organisational culture anyway? (With Charles) Episode 6: What is organisational culture anyway? (With Charles) Super interesting talk with Charles about organisational culture and why should organisations care

Yael Schweiger Product Owner @K.Lab, Raz Shuty Head of Engineering @Wikimedia DE host a guest for the first time! today we meet Charles Ahmadzadeh Co-founder & Engineering 🤖 @bunch.ai to talk about organisational culture, the science of it and how to understand why it's worth paying attention to it.


We mentioned in this episode

bunch.ai's Github repo on culture:


Quick intro to the Charles O'reilly's model (5min video): 

 Some more content on culture:


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Music credits: Dan Lebowitz: Come and Get It! Licensed under Creative Commons: 

]]> Super interesting talk with Charles about organisational culture and why should organisations care

Yael Schweiger Product Owner @K.Lab, Raz Shuty Head of Engineering @Wikimedia DE host a guest for the first time! today we meet Charles Ahmadzadeh Co-founder & Engineering 🤖 @bunch.ai to talk about organisational culture, the science of it and how to understand why it's worth paying attention to it.


We mentioned in this episode

bunch.ai's Github repo on culture:


Quick intro to the Charles O'reilly's model (5min video): 

 Some more content on culture:


Also Available on:

Spotify, iTunes, Google, Stitcher, TuneIn, PlayerFM















Music credits: Dan Lebowitz: Come and Get It! Licensed under Creative Commons: 

]]> Raz and Yael Buzzsprout-1017648 Mon, 15 Apr 2019 06:00:00 +0200 4268 Tech, Product, Engineering, OKR, organisational culture, Bunch.ai 1 6 full false Episode 5: Interviews - What we look for in people when we interview Episode 5: Interviews - What we look for in people when we interview Quick discussion about interviews and mostly what we look for in people when we interview them.

Yael Schweiger Product Owner @K.Lab and Raz Shuty Engineering Manager @Wikimedia DE meet again to talk about interviews.


We mentioned in this episode

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]]> Quick discussion about interviews and mostly what we look for in people when we interview them.

Yael Schweiger Product Owner @K.Lab and Raz Shuty Engineering Manager @Wikimedia DE meet again to talk about interviews.


We mentioned in this episode

Also Available on:

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Music credits: Dan Lebowitz: Come and Get It! Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License 

]]> Raz and Yael Buzzsprout-1003875 Mon, 01 Apr 2019 07:00:00 +0200 2776 Tech, Product, Engineering, Interviews, Process, How to Interview, How to be interviewed 1 5 full false Episode 4 (Quickpoint Charlie Episode 1): Biases... Episode 4 (Quickpoint Charlie Episode 1): Biases...
Quick discussion about biases, What they are and why should we care... 

Yael Schweiger Product Owner @K.Lab and Raz Shuty Engineering Manager @Wikimedia DE meet again to talk about biases.

Biases: What they are and why should we care... 

We mentioned in this episode


Music credits: Dan Lebowitz: Come and Get It!
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License 


]]>
Quick discussion about biases, What they are and why should we care... 

Yael Schweiger Product Owner @K.Lab and Raz Shuty Engineering Manager @Wikimedia DE meet again to talk about biases.

Biases: What they are and why should we care... 

We mentioned in this episode


Music credits: Dan Lebowitz: Come and Get It!
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License 


]]> Raz and Yael Buzzsprout-1007003 Sat, 23 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0100 1454 1 4 full false Episode 3: Hiring - How to build a hiring process and how to make it bias free if possible? Episode 3: Hiring - How to build a hiring process and how to make it bias free if possible? Welcome all to our new podcast, we plan to talk about different topics of the day to day tech life from our different perspectives and role.

This episode contains:
Yael Schweiger Product Owner @K.Lab and Raz Shuty Engineering Manager @Wikimedia DE meet again to talk about hiring.

  • Topic: How to hire right? Processes to support hiring and how to avoid biases?
    • CV Screening
    • Hiring Process
    • Hiring Biases
    • Decision Making Process


Links:

Music credits: Dan Lebowitz: Come and Get It!
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License 


]]> Welcome all to our new podcast, we plan to talk about different topics of the day to day tech life from our different perspectives and role.

This episode contains:
Yael Schweiger Product Owner @K.Lab and Raz Shuty Engineering Manager @Wikimedia DE meet again to talk about hiring.

  • Topic: How to hire right? Processes to support hiring and how to avoid biases?
    • CV Screening
    • Hiring Process
    • Hiring Biases
    • Decision Making Process


Links:

Music credits: Dan Lebowitz: Come and Get It!
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License 


]]> Raz and Yael Buzzsprout-979068 Mon, 18 Mar 2019 08:00:00 +0100 2413 1 3 full false Episode 2: Refactoring What it is, what it isn’t and how to factor it in your work Episode 2: Refactoring What it is, what it isn’t and how to factor it in your work Welcome all to our new podcast, we plan to talk about different topics of the day to day tech life from our different perspectives and role.

This episode contains:
Yael Schweiger Product Owner @K.Lab and Raz Shuty Engineering Manager @Wikimedia DE meet again to talk about refactoring.

  • Topic: Refactoring: What it is and what it isn't, and how to factor it in your work
    • What is refactoring, REALLY?
    • What is refactoring to a Product Owner, to an Engineering Manager and common misperception in the industry?
    • How to plan for refactoring (should we plan for it even?)


Links:

Music credits: Dan Lebowitz: Come and Get It!
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License 

]]> Welcome all to our new podcast, we plan to talk about different topics of the day to day tech life from our different perspectives and role.

This episode contains:
Yael Schweiger Product Owner @K.Lab and Raz Shuty Engineering Manager @Wikimedia DE meet again to talk about refactoring.

  • Topic: Refactoring: What it is and what it isn't, and how to factor it in your work
    • What is refactoring, REALLY?
    • What is refactoring to a Product Owner, to an Engineering Manager and common misperception in the industry?
    • How to plan for refactoring (should we plan for it even?)


Links:

Music credits: Dan Lebowitz: Come and Get It!
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License 

]]> Raz and Yael Buzzsprout-973427 Mon, 04 Mar 2019 14:00:00 +0100 2461 Tech, Refactoring, Product, Engineering, Agile, Extreme Programming, Marie Kondo, No Tarbut, Goosdt 1 2 full false Episode 1: Should Engineers Write User Stories? Episode 1: Should Engineers Write User Stories? Welcome all to our new podcast, we plan to talk about different topics of the day to day tech life from our different perspectives and role.

This episode contains:

  • A brief intro about us: Yael Schweiger Product Owner and Raz Shuty Engineering Manager
  • Topic: Should Engineers write User Stories?
    • Topic 1.1: Who should write the technical tasks?
    • Topic 1.2: Who should write User Stories?

Music credits: Dan Lebowitz: Come and Get It!
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License 


]]> Welcome all to our new podcast, we plan to talk about different topics of the day to day tech life from our different perspectives and role.

This episode contains:

  • A brief intro about us: Yael Schweiger Product Owner and Raz Shuty Engineering Manager
  • Topic: Should Engineers write User Stories?
    • Topic 1.1: Who should write the technical tasks?
    • Topic 1.2: Who should write User Stories?

Music credits: Dan Lebowitz: Come and Get It!
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License 


]]> Raz and Yael Buzzsprout-961071 Mon, 18 Feb 2019 06:00:00 +0100 3149 Tech, User Stories, Product, Engineering, OKR, Process, Agile 1 1 full false