The World Builder Framework — with Aadil Maan (Humane)

Aadil Maan is Lead Engineering Program Manager at Humane and a big tech veteran, having worked at the likes of Google, Apple, and Blackberry.
Today’s theme is The World Builder Framework — Aadil's own approach to problem solving and solutioning processes, frameworks and workflows for product and engineering teams.
Here are a few things we discussed in our chat:

What do TPMs do? 🗺️
The World Builder Framework 🌎
Startups vs Big Tech 🏢
Hardware vs Software 🤖
Joining a new team 🎽

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This episode is brought to you by LinearB, the software engineering intelligence platform enabling engineering leaders improve their team’s operational efficiency, and align R&D investments to business goals.
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Here are the key chapters from the interview:
(00:00) Introduction
(04:30) What is Technical Program Management
(09:21) The World Builder Framework
(25:44) The Anti-Framework Approach
(31:49) Mixing Frameworks for Bespoke Solutions
(40:33) Startup vs Big Tech
(50:35) Hardware vs Software
(01:00:30) The Power of Conversations
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