If you’ve worked on data problems, you probably have heard of Airflow and Superset, two powerful tools that have cemented their place in the data ecosystem. Building successful open-source software is no easy feat, and even fewer engineers have done this back to back. In part 2 of the conversation, we talk about Max’s journey in open source.

Segments:

(00:03:27) “Project-Community Fit” in Open Source
(00:08:31) Fostering Relationships in Open Source
(00:10:58) Dealing with Trolls
(00:13:40) Attributes of Good Open Source Contributors
(00:20:01) How to Get Started with Contributing
(00:27:58) Origin Stories of Airflow and Superset
(00:33:27) Biggest Surprise since Founding a VC-backed Company?
(00:38:47) Picking What to Work On
(00:41:46) Advice to Engineers for Building the Next Airflow/Superset?
(00:42:35) The 2 New Open Source Projects that Max is Starting
(00:52:10) Challenges of Being a Founder
(00:57:38) Open Sourcing Ideas

Show Notes:

Part 1 of our conversation: https://softwaremisadventures.com/p/maxime-beauchemin-llm-ready
Max on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maximebeauchemin/
SQL All Stars: https://github.com/preset-io/allstars
Governator: https://github.com/mistercrunch/governator

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If you’ve worked on data problems, you probably have heard of Airflow and Superset, two powerful tools that have cemented their place in the data ecosystem. Building successful open-source software is no easy feat, and even fewer engineers have done this back to back. In Part 1 of this conversation, we chat about how to adapt to the LLM-age as engineers.

Segments:

(00:01:59) The Rise and Fall of the Data Engineer
(00:11:13) The Importance of Executive Skill in the Era of AI
(00:13:53) Developing the first reflex to use AI
(00:17:47) What are LLMs good at?
(00:25:33) Text to SQL
(00:28:19) Promptimize
(00:32:16) Using tools LangChain
(00:35:02) Writing better prompts

Show Notes:

- Max on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maximebeauchemin/
- Rise of the Data Engineer: https://medium.com/free-code-camp/the-rise-of-the-data-engineer-91be18f1e603
- Downfall of the Data Engineer: https://maximebeauchemin.medium.com/the-downfall-of-the-data-engineer-5bfb701e5d6b
- Promptimize: https://github.com/preset-io/promptimize

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Out of thousands of engineers at Uber, there’s only a handful of Distinguished Engineers and Joakim was one of them. In this conversation we chat about

• Why software engineering is a lot like a sausage factory.

• Considerations for leaving big tech for a startup.

• “How to beat the promo commitee”.

• How can one effectively shape engineering culture?

• “Mentoring two people on the same team is a waste”.

• Much More.

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[0:01:52] The “reverse sausage” architecture

[0:07:36] How to get people on board with the new deployment system?

[0:13:55] What does it mean to be a distinguished engineer?

[0:17:47] Under-appreciated soft skills?

[0:21:28] How to improve technical writing

[0:24:16] Do all senior engineers need to write and review code every day?

[0:30:19] How to search out where to contribute when your time is so constrained?

[0:43:10] How to maximize your impact as a mentor

[0:48:52] “How to beat the promo committee”

[0:52:56] Effective means to influence engineering culture?

[0:57:09] Capping the company at 150 employees

[1:03:33] Why join a startup instead of moving to another big tech company?

[1:11:14] What Joakim is working on now at Beyond Work

• Joakim on leaving Uber to start Beyond Work: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-i-left-uber-start-beyond-work-joakim-recht-o63of?trk=public_post_feed-article-content

• Read Joakim’s other excellent posts here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/recht/recent-activity/all/

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