Farhan Thawar is a VP and Head of Engineering at Shopify.Takeaways- Why Xtreme Labs Was So Special- Why Xtreme Labs Did Almost Zero Interviews- The Role of AI in Engineering- Pair Programming and Collaboration- Story Behind Shopify Being One of The First Companies to Use GitHub Co-Pilot- Why Shopify Uses GitHub Co-Pilot and Cursor- Why Shopify Doesn't Use Jira or Linear- AI and Toil Reduction in Software Engineering- The Evolution of Prompting in Engineering- Why Tobi Has The Best Prompts- Vibe Coding- Shopify's Delete Code Club - Deleting 5M Lines of Code- Maintaining a Hacky Culture in a Large Organization- The Meaning of Elegance in EngineeringChapters00:00 The Genesis of Extreme Labs02:59 Building a Unique Company Culture06:10 Hiring and Retaining Talent08:53 Innovative Perks and Employee Engagement11:53 The Role of AI in Engineering14:50 Pair Programming and Collaboration18:04 Navigating Tools and Technologies21:00 The Future of Engineering with AI26:57 AI and Toil Reduction in Software Engineering29:48 The Evolution of Prompting in Engineering34:23 Shopify's Delete Code Club: A Culture of Efficiency38:08 Maintaining a Hacky Culture in a Large Organization46:39 The Meaning of Elegance in Engineering48:34 Finding Energy in Hard TimesKeywordsXtreme Labs, company culture, hiring, employee engagement, AI in engineering, pair programming, innovative perks, technology tools, Shopify, talent retention, AI, software engineering, toil reduction, prompting, Delete Code Club, hack culture, elegance, entrepreneurship, Shopify

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