#5 The Retrospective 3rd of June 2024

Jeremy’s article on How to Innovate: https://www.jeremybrown.tech/how-to-innovate

• Clayton Christensen’s books on Disruptive Innovation (Jeremy was referring to “The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail”): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19203217-disruptive-innovation
• Lex Fridman and Mark Zuckerberg interview in the Metaverse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EohIA7QPmmE
• Perplexity, an AI search engine: https://www.perplexity.ai/
• Kagi, the search engine Jeremy uses: https://kagi.com/
• Tom Demarco’s book about slack: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/123715.Slack
• 2018 study on slack and innovation: https://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/full/10.1287/orsc.2018.1215

Peter’s article about Getting hired as an EM / Searching and applying: https://peterszasz.com/get-hired-as-an-engineering-manager-part-3-searching-and-applying/

• Craft Conference: https://craft-conf.com/
• Book on Platform Strategy: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/208871782-platform-strategy
• Search Engine podcast episode on the media apocalypse and how to survive it, part 1: https://overcast.fm/+BBVQRBOVak part2: https://overcast.fm/+BBVQTfeXl4
• Example of a hyper-local website: Les Pépites du 19e - https://www.lespepitesdu19e.fr/ and Instagram (@lespepitesdu19e)

00:00 Introduction and Greetings

00:34 What the hell is this show?

02:47 Jeremy's article on "How to Innovate"

07:25 Do you need a healthy Culture to Innovate

09:55 Can big companies innovate?

18:53 Is slack (time) needed to innovate?

28:57 Peter - Getting hired as an EM / Searching and applying

44:55 Get ahead of the crowd strategies for job seekers

47:08 An example of a great cold outreach

48:54 Can networking at conferences help me get a job?

50:54 Experiences at Craft Conf

52:21 Emerging trends from the talks at Craft Conf?

55:17 AI will replace developers!

01:01:19 Supporting Conference Attendance as a leader

01:05:13 The Media Apocalypse and Ethical Consumption

01:07:44 The Role of AI in Content Creation

01:14:16 The Importance of Local News and Media

01:25:35 Reflections and Closing Thoughts​