Developer on Fire
Developer on Fire
Episode 433 | Elissa Shevinsky - Continuous Growth
Guest:
Elissa Shevinsky talks with Dave Rael about pushing hard, perspectives, lifestyle, static analysis, rewards, productivity, and being an entrepreneur
Elissa Shevinsky is CEO at Faster Than Light, a company building lightning fast static analysis tools. She helped launch Geekcorps (acquired), Everyday Health (IPO) and Brave ($35M ICO.) Shevinsky is also the editor of the critically acclaimed book "Lean Out."
Chapters:
- - Dave introduces the show and Elissa Shevinsky
- - United by geek culture
- - Balancing continuous improvement with recharging
- - How Elissa got started in software, the deep connection in being part of a team, and the joy of getting useful work done
- - The nature of Faster Than Light and virtue of static analysis
- - Elissa on building software vs building organizations
- - Hidden talents
- - How Elissa learns
- - The coupling of meaning and pressure, reward and risk
- - Elissa's story of failure - missing opportunity for the wrong reasons
- - Creating culture and aligning values
- - Elissa's book recommendations
- - Elissa's approach to the Lean Out book - the efficiency and virtue of creating an anthology
- - Elissa's top 3 tips for delivering more value
- - Keeping up with Elissa
Resources:
Elissa's book recommendation:
Elissa's top 3 tips for delivering more value:
- Listen
- Show up consistently
- Ship
