Johnny Austin
Johnny Austin is a fractional CTO and the founder of Recursive Funk LLC.
Johnny Austin is a fractional CTO and the founder of Recursive Funk LLC. Before going independent he was VP of Engineering at Upwell AI, Head of Product for Customer Engagement at Best Egg, CTO at Till, and Director of Engineering at Mapbox, with earlier stops at Capital One and Lockheed Martin. He hosts the Executive Runtime podcast and writes Async Funk — his Substack publication. He holds an MS from the University of Maryland and a BS from Tuskegee University.
Meet the speaker: Johnny Austin on the lies engineering managers tell themselves
Ahead of his talk at LeadingEng West Coast in October, Best Egg’s Johnny Austin talks us through the biggest lies engineering managers tell themselves.
Space aliens are among us, your product roadmap is realistic, and other lies you believe
In this talk, I'll help you establish focus, cut through metrics that don't matter, and sharpen your team's execution so that you can meet your business goals.
Mentoring your junior engineers
Train your engineers to be the next leaders in your organization.
The reward of growing junior engineers
How to develop and invest in your early-career teammates.
