Our tech landscape has changed, but has the expectations from engineers kept up? Summary of talk: https://yourstory.com/2019/02/udaan-flipkart-amod-malviya/

1. Evolving role of engineers in
an algorithmized world
Amod Malviya (@amodm)
Co-founder, UDAAN

2. The world is changing
• Smartphones everywhere
• Realtime communication
• Internet for everything – entertainment, education, automobiles
• Data everywhere
• Algorithms everywhere

3. Technology is the IP
Or is it?

4. Is your college degree a differentiator?
Credit: qz.com

5. Is programming a differentiator?
Credit: Github

6. Is code a differentiator?
Credit: Github, NPM, Apache

7. Is infrastructure a differentiator?
Credit: Microsoft, Amazon, Google

8. Are scalable architectures a differentiator?
Credit: Google, Apache

9. Technology is commoditized!

10. And more accessible than ever!
Credit: MIT, Khan Academy, Udemy, Coursera

11. What defines you?

12. Products FTW

13. So, you build products?
• What are you accountable for?
• When did you last talk to your user?
• Where do you spend most of your time?
• Or are you still the same old code monkey?

14. Transitioning – for engineers
• Learn to identify inefficiencies of the real world
• Take accountability – analyze, iterate
• Speed, speed, speed!
• Solve for the problem, not an internal team
• Build your tool craft, stay up to date
• Diversify! Try different problems
• Tech is the tool, not your master!

15. Transitioning – for companies
• Create the right kind of accountability
• Interview for what you need
• Structure the org for the above
• Brutally eliminate tech productivity killers

16. Thank You
@amodm