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In this episode of Engineering Unblocked, Rebecca sits down with Kathryn Koehler, Director of Developer Productivity at Netflix, to explore the unique challenges of scaling engineering at a 20-year-old company.
The conversation dives deep into the complexities of building versus buying solutions, managing migrations across a multi-repo environment, and maintaining Netflix’s culture of freedom and responsibility, while providing the standardization that enables productivity at scale. Kathryn offers practical insights on everything from measuring productivity (hint: it’s not about lines of code) to navigating the current AI hype cycle with a level head.
Find the transcript at: https://www.swarmia.com/podcast/kathryn-koehler-netflix/
Timestamps
(0:00) Introductions
(1:14) Kathryn's background and journey to Netflix
(5:27) Solving problems at a 20-year-old company
(9:01) Defining productivity and platform
(13:05) Kathryn's approach to standardization
(16:50) How Netflix handles migrations
(20:36) Deciding what to work on
(23:26) Maintaining utility per engineer
(27:36) The importance of mindset
(31:25) Metrics of productivity
(36:25) What Kathryn is accountable for
(37:50) Kathryn's thoughts on AI
Follow Kathryn on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kakoehler/
Follow Rebecca on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rmurphey/
