How to Innovate through Software with Carlos Kelkboom

Connect with Carlos Kelkboom: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlos-k-4016b8225 Full episode on YouTube ▶️ https://youtu.be/6QfyY9ffz6M New episodes every Wednesday with our host ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🎙Patrick Akil⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!   Big shoutout to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Xebia⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for sponsoring this episode! OUTLINE:00:00:00 - Intro00:00:23 - YouTube recommendation system00:02:15 - Innovation on YouTube00:03:37 - Starting up something new00:05:12 - Disrupting your own organisation00:07:08 - Big companies should invest in disruption continuously00:08:52 - The start of a project00:11:29 - How important is it to build this?00:13:24 - Building the system three times00:14:54 - complexity and first time right00:17:08 - All you need is disciplined engineers00:19:43 - Architects can do more harm than good00:21:50 - Smaller teams00:23:28 - Not every team needs Scrum00:24:33 - Let engineers commit and then leave them alone00:25:48 - Processes that are not helping us00:28:19 - Using the right tool for the job00:32:17 - Ownership is moving to developer teams00:32:56 - The spirit of software development00:35:08 - How would you build something from scratch?00:37:59 - Trust and predictability00:39:38 - Control and fear00:42:00 - The dna of a tech company00:44:19 - Why tech companies have a playground in their office00:44:49 - Getting and keeping developers in a flow state00:46:30 - Stop projects that are not working00:49:49 - Stopping is hard00:50:21 - Why games release when they do00:50:35 - Prove it works in 10 days00:51:52 - The fulfilment of delivering value to users00:53:18 - How great developers work00:55:14 - How you become a senior developer00:57:35 - Downtime and execution00:58:42 - The determination to continue01:01:01 - Empathy and nudging01:03:42 - Carlos might start a contrarian podcast01:06:02 - Rounding off