S1E3 - Inbal Shani, CPO GitHub - Systems Thinking, AI & Understanding SW Developers

Inbal Shani is Chief Product Officer of GitHub. Having led engineering and product teams at Amazon and Microsoft and serving as a General Manager for most of her career, she specializes in crafting solutions that maximize customers’ most business-critical outcomes. Inbal’s development experience has spanned the entire tech stack. She was among the pioneering technologists who applied AI in the lab during her Master's in mechanical engineering. Immersed in the rapid evolution of LLMs and AI models, she is deeply passionate about optimizing the developer experience in her role as GitHub's Chief Product Officer. In this episode, Inbal shares her thoughts on the impact of AI on software development, the mindset of building 0 to 1 products, how to become comfortable moving from an individual contributor to management role, and much more. We discuss:

- Evolution of AI
- The 0-1 Mindset
- Building Customer Obsession
- How to Think about Career Progression
- Understanding Software Developers
- Future of AI and Software Development
- GitHub running on GitHub
- Metrics: Developer Fulfillment & Developer Productivity
- What's Fulfilling for Product Leaders
- Becoming Your Own Worst Customer
- Moving from Hands-on Individual Contributor to Management Role
- Women in Tech

Connect with Inbal Shani on LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/inbalshani/

Referenced in this episode:

• Jeff Bezos, Executive Chairman of Amazon (profile)
• Dalia Feldheim, Leadership Coach & Organizational Psychologist (profile)
• Dare to Lead Like a Girl by Dalia Feldheim (book)