#38: Shaping up to deliver big and meaningful software products | Talk with Ryan Singer - Author of the book Shape Up, founder of Felt Presence, and former Head of Strategy of Basecamp episode artwork

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#38: Shaping up to deliver big and meaningful software products | Talk with Ryan Singer - Author of the book Shape Up, founder of Felt Presence, and former Head of Strategy of Basecamp

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Meet Ryan Singer, the friendly mind behind the book Shape Up, founder of Felt Presence, and the former Head of Strategy of Basecamp. He's all about helping product teams create awesome software products that make a big impact, all while reveling in the excitement of building. In this chat, Ryan shares his experience from his 18+ years at Basecamp, explains how the Shape Up framework came to life, and highlights the fantastic perks of shaping up your projects. He dishes out advice on diving into Shape Up, warns about the pitfalls of agile frameworks like SCRUM, and shares golden nuggets from his mentors - Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson, and Bob Moesta. Plus, Ryan clues us in on the people and resources that keep him growing personally and professionally. Ready for some valuable insights? Check out the goodies Ryan shared right here: Shape Up - Free Online Book. Shaping in a nutshell. Shaping in Real Life Course. Christopher Alexander's Books. Eric Evans' Books. Creating Passionate Users by Kathy Sierra. Andrej Karpathy. Intro to Large Language Models by Andrej Karpathy. Jensen Huang of Nvidia on the future of A.I. Stay connected with Ryan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/feltpresence/ --- Interested in learning more about Uppersky? Follow us on ⁠Instagram⁠ or ⁠LinkedIn⁠.

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