This week we talk to Julianna Lamb, co-founder and CTO at Stytch about agile in start-ups, hybrid working, how to keep a product backlog under control, grow a business in the early 2020’s, and more. 

Julianna is the Co-Founder and CTO of Stytch, a platform for user infrastructure and passwordless authentication. She was previously a software engineer at Strava and Plaid and an early product hire at Very Good Security. 

Originally from Idaho, Julianna studied computer science and history at Stanford. A former professional figure skater, she started racing triathlons in college and is now an Ironman triathlete.

Contact Data:

Website: https://stytch.com/

Twitter: juliannaelamb

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/juliannaelamb

 

Re-Read Saturday News 

Today we complete our re-read of Agile Conversations by Douglas Squirrel and Jeffrey Fredrick touching on the Conclusion, Further Resources, and our concluding notes.  Next week we will begin re-reading Jim Benson’s Why Limit WiP (buy a copy using our Amazon Affiliate link  https://amzn.to/3u6Feml get reading) as we run a poll to select the next of books for the series. 

Agile Conversations: https://amzn.to/3vEjr55 

Previous Installments:

Week 1: Logistics and Introduction - https://bit.ly/3EZspxT 

Week 2: Escaping The Software Factory - https://bit.ly/3HIlivg 

Week 3: Improving Your Conversations - https://bit.ly/3ty0nYe 

Week 4: The Trust Conversation - https://bit.ly/3ApUrSk 

Week 5 The Fear Conversation (Part 1) - https://bit.ly/3gahSpt 

Week 6 The Fear Conversation (Part 2) - https://bit.ly/34lLON4 

Week 7 The Why Conversation (Part 1) - https://bit.ly/3Jg6KE2 

Week 8 The Why Conversation (Part 2)  – https://bit.ly/34YAsPc

Week 9 The Commitment Conversation -  https://bit.ly/3pmaooj 

Week 10 The Accountability Conversation - https://bit.ly/3KCJXD1 

Week 11 Conclusion and More - https://bit.ly/3wlGSn8 

Next SPaMCAST 

Next week, are sequencing and prioritization different sides to the same coin or are they different coins entirely. Is a keystone topic when wrestling with work entry.

We will also have a visit from Jeremy Berriault and the QA Corner.