S1E5 - Federico Saravia, Head of Engineering at Formula.Monks

This week I have the one and only Federico "Fede" Saravia virtually drop by the Cabin all the way from Argentina to discuss managing a 100% remote engineering team, thriving in a consulting environment when you're of the engineering persuasion, and other nutritious tidbits of knowledge and advice for both hiring managers and individual contributors alike 😎

Bio:

Federico is a simplicity oriented Engineering leader with deep experience building and leading Software Development  teams. Currently Head of Engineering for Formula.Monks, Fede has a successful track record of working in consultative environments for large enterprises and in startup style companies and projects.Federico has years of experience leading multi functional organizations that go beyond just engineering and include other practice areas of software development like Product Management and Design.

Books mentioned:

Exercised by Daniel Lieberman - https://a.co/d/jiWZHjE

Remote by Jason Fried - https://a.co/d/fZ8CyI9

Episode Timeline & Highlights

[00:00] – Preview & Intro[01:29] – Welcome to the Captain's Cabin

[03:50] – Cooking and Exercising with Fede

[09:05] – Managing 100% remote engineering teams

[13:00] – Communication best practices in a remote environment

[14:46] – What to look for when hiring engineers for a consulting company

[18:49] – Managing client’s expectations.

[22:55] – Input on the perfect duration of the whole recruiting process

[33:20] – Advice for co-founders scaling up their business[37:16] – The power behind product-minded engineers[40:39] - Closing comments