Mar 11
Uber Engineering Manager on Scaling Systems, Career Trade-offs, and Why Clarity Beats Seniority
Sendil Nellaiyapen, Engineering Manager at Uber, has built systems that scale to millions of users. In this episode he shares what most engineers get wrong about both system design and the move into engineering managementIn this episode, we cover:Ingredients for designing systems ... Show More
44m 46s
Feb 25
How Senior Software Engineers Balance Speed and Quality (Scale-Up Lessons)
The difference between a junior and a senior engineer isn't coding speed, it's knowing when to say "no.""The best code you can write is the code you don't write." In this episode, I sit down with Alessandro Mautone (Senior Software Engineer at Aquablu, ex-WeTransfer) to discuss t ... Show More
47m 9s
Apr 2025
IN-DEPTH: Architecting a Deep Life (w/ David Dewane)
<p>In this episode of IN-DEPTH, Cal is joined by David Dewane, the architect responsible for the “eudaimonia machine” featured in DEEP WORK. In this wide-ranging conversation, Cal and David talk about the challenges of finding depth in a distracted world, and the results of David ... Show More
1h 35m