Building Tech Teams
The moves that matter in Australian tech hiring, and a position on what they mean. For the leaders making the hire and the tech professionals making the move.
What this is
Weekly guest conversations with the operators actually building Australian tech teams in the age of AI.
Most people teams wait until someone with an HR background is in the room before they build a culture function. Ella Brennecke didn't have one, and Everlab's culture is stronger for it. In this episode of Building Tech Teams, James MacDona…
Jack Rudenko hasn't written a line of code himself in nine months. In that time, his team has shipped six or seven products used by millions of people, and he says that gap, between who writes the code and who's actually building, is the w…
Eight guests into Building Tech Teams, one theme has shown up in every single episode: money. A principal software engineer who now manages a team of agents asks what he should be paid, and nobody in the room has a clean answer. AI has cha…
02 · The Newsletter
Same shape every week, so you know exactly what you get. Six blocks, one coffee.
The single thread running through the week, named in two or three sentences. Always takes a position.
Three things that moved the Australian market, each with a sharp take and what it means whether you make the hire or make the move.
One Australian tech appointment, exit, or restructure, and what it signals.
What I am shipping right now, in the open. The part you do not get from a news wrap.
Who is on, what we get into, and where to listen.
One deliberate next step. Usually a reply that gets you a straight answer.
One brand. Three surfaces.
The newsletter and podcast.
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