How to Improve Engineering Productivity 🏃‍♂️

What makes engineers perform at the top of their game?

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A few weeks ago I joined a panel on engineering productivity with two exceptional guests:

• Kathryn Koehler – Director of Productivity Engineering at Netflix

• Truong-An Thai – VP of Engineering at FloSports

You can find the full conversation below 👇

That chat — and preparing for it — gave me the chance to reflect and research on engineering productivity.

What makes engineers perform at the top of their game?

It’s a complex question that touches on basically every aspect of our work. This article tries to break down the main elements that contribute to productivity, covering:

• 🏃‍♂️ What is productivity

• 🎽 What is good management for productivity

• 🔨 What is good tooling for productivity

• ❤️ Well being and remote work for productivity

To write this article, I embedded the best ideas that came out of the panel, and did a ton of additional research surveying some of the best engineering teams that I know.

Let’s dive in!