Speaker
Abstract
Only doing product-led work can lead to an unmaintainable system with lots of downtime. Unfortunately, getting time to work on the things that would prevent that can be challenging.
Engineering roadmaps balance many competing demands, and the people making the decisions aren’t always the closest to the code. You have to learn how to speak their language. Luckily, it’s extremely doable.
In this talk you’ll learn how to pitch so product listens. We’ll cover:
- Why do you need to make a business case anyway?
- What do you mean by tech debt?
- What data is most compelling?
- A case study of getting tech debt on other teams’ roadmaps
Topics
Platform Engineering
Technical Leadership
Technical Debt
Product Thinking
76%
senior dev or higher
1:11
speaker ratio
60+
practitioners
QCon San Francisco 2023 is a three day conference for senior software engineers, architects and team leads. An international program committee of working engineers selects every session. Patterns and practices, not products and pitches.
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