Michael Lopp

Senior Director of Engineering, Apple · 1 appearance on the record.

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Michael Lopp is a veteran engineering leader who has built software products and led teams at Apple, Netscape, Palantir, Pinterest, and Slack. Writing under the pen name "Rands," he authors the blog Rands in Repose and has published books including Managing Humans, Being Geek, and The Art of Leadership.

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Insight
Lopp: Great Leaders Need 'Sound' Judgment, Not Just 'Good' Judgment
“Sound judgment is judgment which is, maybe you won't agree with it, but it is explainable, discernible, and you understand why I'm choosing to do what I do. And the reason good sounds bad, it's like, good sounds like I'm selling you on it. Like, this is a good…”
Michael Lopp Jan 25, 2024 ▶ 53:01 The human side of world-class engineering leadership | Michael Lopp (Apple, Palantir, Slack)
Insight
A tech professional or company can become completely irrelevant in two years
“I'm deeply afraid of becoming irrelevant and it just, it can happen in two years. You can be at that place. That's so totally not relevant anymore.”
Michael Lopp Jan 25, 2024 ▶ 56:44 The human side of world-class engineering leadership | Michael Lopp (Apple, Palantir, Slack)

Appearances (1)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
The human side of world-class engineering leadership | Michael Lopp (Apple, Palantir, Slac Jan 25, 2024 51m
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