Engineering Management Lessons

This time, we're bringing together engineering leaders to tackle the questions that matter most right now: How do you build great teams when AI is part of the picture? And what does it take to lead an AI-native organization? \ 🗓 Talks Schedule 🕕 17:30 – Doors open 🎙 18:00 – Talk 1 Christian Galatolo, Engineering Director @ Outreach Treat Machines Like Machines, People Like People: Building and leading teams in the age of AI There's a quiet assumption doing the rounds: that LLMs are on their way to replacing junior engineers. In this talk, I want to take that idea seriously and then take it apart. Drawing on years of growing engineers and, more recently, working shoulder-to-shoulder with AI tools, I'll argue that the two are nothing alike and that confusing them quietly makes you a worse manager. Expect a mental model for what each one actually is, and a practical, opinionated take on how to lead a team that now contains both. 🎙 18:40 – Talk 2 Elena Stojanova, Engineering Manager @ Pipedrive On the journey to an AI-Native company: A Manager's Perspective There's a common narrative about AI transformation: executives set the vision, engineers adopt the tools, magic happens. What's missing from that story is the middle - the engineering managers who actually translate vision into changed behavior. This talk is about that translation layer, with Pipedrive's AI-native journey as the backdrop. 🍺 19:30 – Networking After the talks, stick around for networking, discussions, and getting to know fellow engineers and leaders. Outreach will provide delicious snacks and drinks, so you definitely won’t go hungry😉 🚀22:00 – The End We’re really looking forward to seeing you there! 🚀 --- Heads up: this event is for adults only: kids and four-legged friends will have to sit this one out. By taking part in this event, you grant the event organizers full rights to the use of images resulting from the photography/video filming, and any reproductions or adaptations of the images for fundraising, publicity, or other purposes. This might include (but is not limited to): the right to use them in printed and online publicity, social media, and press releases. If you don’t wish to be photographed, please inform us when you arrive.