DL Insights - 18 - Dana Lawson, VP Eingineering at GitHub

ABOUT THIS EPISODE - About Dana's tech career, especially how she started in the US Military around the turn of the millennium in an all-female team - Definition of the role of a VP Engineering. - How to manage the reliability of Githubs services on the one hand and being able to try out new stuff on the other. - Who fixes features when they break. - How Github prioritize feature development. Do feature requests from paying customers receive a different treatment than those from free users? - What the road map for Github is. - What trends Dana sees coming for the industry at the moment. - Why new technologies don't make companies smaller yet. - How Github feels after being acquired by Microsoft. - How to switch off in a remote setting with a global workforce. - Why "The Power of Habit" by Charles Duhigg is Dana's book of the year. ABOUT THE PODCAST Digitale Leute Insights is the podcast for passionate product people. We interview product developers from around the world and take a closer look at their tools and tactics. ABOUT THE HOST OLIVER THYLMANN Oliver is a serial entrepreneur based in Cologne, Germany. He is the co-founder of Giant Swarm, a 30-person SaaS company providing managed microservice infrastructure to big enterprises. ARTIKEL

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ÜBER DEN PODCAST - see englisch Version below DL Insights ist der Podcast für Passionate Product People. Wir interviewen Top-Produktentwickler:innen aus Deutschland und aus aller Welt und werfen einen tiefen Blick auf die Tools, Taktiken und Methoden digitaler Professionals und Unternehmen. Die Hosts: Stefan Vosskötter und Christoph Bresler. In unserem Magazin Digitale Leute porträtieren wir Persönlichkeiten, die digitale Produkte kreieren, gestalten, entwickeln und vermarkten. https://www.digitale-leute.de Unsere jährliche Konferenz zur Entwicklung digitaler Produkte "Digitale Leute Summit" findet am 12. + 13. November 2025 in Köln statt. https://www.digitale-leute.de/summit/25/ ABOUT THE PODCAST DL Insights is the podcast for Passionate Product People. We interview top product developers from Germany and around the world and take a deep look at the tools, tactics and methods of digital professionals and companies. The hosts: Stefan Vosskötter and Christoph Bresler In our online magazine Digitale Leute we portray personalities who create, design, develop and market digital products. https://www.digitale-leute.de Our annual conference on the development of digital products, the "Digital Leute Summit", will take place on November 12 + 13, 2025, in Cologne. https://www.digitale-leute.de/summit/25/