Lead Dev Meetup - Tokyo - October 2019

Welcome to the first edition of Lead Dev Meetup in Tokyo! We're a meetup for leaders and managers of technical teams.

Please note: the talks at this meetup will be delivered in English.

๐Ÿ—“ Schedule

  • 6:30pm - Arrive, refreshments & networking
  • 7:00pm - Welcome
  • 7:05pm - Talk 1
  • 7:35pm - Break
  • 7:50pm - Talk 2
  • 8:20pm - Networking
  • 9:00pm - Close

๐ŸŽค Speakers

Building an interview process from scratch

by Christine Gerpheide

Crafting interviews is hard. How many interviews do you do? Do you do live coding? Are questions the same each time? Especially in small companies, the interview process can be informal, inconsistent, and -- worse -- ineffective at getting offers to the right people. Chris will describe how Bespoke revamped their interview process to optimize for efficiency and happiness, helping them grow their engineering team from 6 engineers to 15 in the first half of 2019. Furthermore, she'll share a general methodology that can be applied at any company wishing to redesign their interview process, customized for their company values. This talk is suitable for any hiring manager or individual with influence over the hiring process, especially for technical teams.

"Let's measure success!", and similar lies

by Tom Nijhuis

This is a talk borne from experiences of the many ways that Key Performance Indicators can go wrong. We will try to answer what 'key' means, what 'performance' means, and when something actually can be considered an 'indicator'. We'll look at amusing incentives, try to separate signals from the noise, and once and for all understand the difference between accuracy and precision.

๐Ÿ—ฃCall for speakers!

We're accepting talk proposals! If you're interested in speaking at one of our future meetups, apply here: https://forms.gle/XxuNUsFFkhdXfjCVA.

๐ŸŒŸ About The Lead Developer

The Lead Developer is an international series of conferences and meetups for technical leaders in London, Berlin, Austin, New York, San Francisco and Tokyo. Check out more than 150+ talk videos here on leading and scaling technical teams, building an inclusive culture, improving technical processes and lots more. Visit TheLeadDev.com to learn about our upcoming events.

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๐Ÿ”น Code of conduct

As with our conference, The Lead Developer Meetup is a safe and inclusive event. By attending, you agree to our code of conduct: conduct.theleaddev.com

๐Ÿ”ธ Accessibility & inclusion

We make sure to use venues that are accessible for wheelchair users and the talks will be delivered with a microphone and sound system. If you have any specific accessibility requirements, please let us know. To help make our meetup more inclusive, we provide non-alcoholic drinks and vegan and gluten-free food options.

โ—ผ๏ธ About the organisers

The Tokyo edition of Lead Dev Meetup is organised by Ben Price (Engineering Manager, Mercari), Tutti Quintella (Engineering Manager, Mercari), and Christine Gerphedie (VP of Engineering, Bespoke Inc.)

๐Ÿ”ธOur Partners

Women Who Code Tokyo https://www.meetup.com/Women-Who-Code-Tokyo/