0199 - Building Data Platforms with James Egan

Hosts: Harshitha Jayasimha, Abhishek Sabharwal We are very pleased to welcome James Egan, software consultant at Murex.Can you tell us a little about yourself to start?·       Talk about the industry space that Murex operates in? ·       Do developers need Financial Services knowledge to work in this space?·       Having trained as an engineer, how did you get into product management?·       How does the product development side interact with the customer facing side?·       What approaches do you take to gathering and managing requirements? [expand on approach to Agile – SAFE]·       What do you look for in new hires? [Fast, willing learners, open minds, problem solvers.]·       Go-to tools and techniques for the job?·       Where do you see design taking place? What is design? [architecture, interface, lines-of-code; design philosophy?]·       <questions from the audience>Well, we’ll wrap up there.Thank you for sharing your ideas with us today.Notes:https://www.murex.com/en/who-we-are/about-usAcknowledgementsMusic Title: Voltaic FluctuationsArtist: Ben PruntySource:  https://www.benpruntymusic.com/License: Non-transferable license. Permission granted by Ben PruntyCover Art Title: Complex collageArtist: Allen HigginsSource: vignette_version.pptxLicense: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0Podcast LicenseDesign Talk (dot IE) CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 The license can be viewed at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0By taking part you give permission for your voice to be recorded, for the recording to be edited, and for it to be posted and published as a podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.