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Code Meets Business

Straight talk for people who sign the checks. Useful perspectives at the intersection of engineering, product, and business.

Code Meets Business episode 006

Code Meets Business

Never negotiate Hourly Rates and what to do instead

A practical buyer-side explanation of why rate pressure drives seniority swaps, hidden inefficiency, and worse incentives - plus the situations where rate negotiation is actually rational.

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Code Meets Business episode 005

Code Meets Business

Why a CTO needs to code

A CTO who never builds anything is not a technology leader. They are a technology observers.

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Code Meets Business

Technical Debt Is Not a Bug. It Is a Business Bill.

Technical debt is not only sloppy code. Jens breaks it into obvious, hidden, and ignored debt, then shows why complexity turns product choices into an unavoidable future bill.

Code Meets Business

Technical Debt Is Not a Bug. It Is a Business Bill.

Code Meets Business

Companies use AI wrong

Some examples why most current AI initiatives fail and how to fix it.

Code Meets Business

Companies use AI wrong

Code Meets Business

What is Refactoring?

A practical conversation about why and when improving software is necessary.

Code Meets Business

What is Refactoring?

Code Meets Business

What the Hell is a CPTO?

Introducing the role that connects customer value and technical execution.

Code Meets Business

What the Hell is a CPTO?