Removing engineering friction: Creating an evolutionary culture (sponsored by SignalFx)

Phillip Liu explores the one thing that has become a driver of ever better engineering: constant removal of friction for engineers to not only build and ship code but also understand how code is used and how it works and operates. The end result is a culture that promotes many possible ways to address given challenges and surfaces novel approaches, which may have never arisen otherwise.

From Marimba to LoudCloud to Opsware to HP to Facebook and now SignalFx, Phillip Liu has had a front row seat for the changes that engineering organizations have undergone and the changes in how products are built. Phil explores the one thing that has become a driver of ever better engineering: constant removal of friction for engineers to not only build and ship code but also understand how code is used and how it works and operates. The end result is a culture that promotes many possible ways to address given challenges and surfaces novel approaches, which may have never arisen otherwise. Along the way, Phil shares concrete lessons learned about enabling your team to build the best possible product they can, given the resources and constraints at play for different organizations. This keynote is sponsored by SignalFx.