SPaMCAST 648 - Technical Debt, Code As A Liability, A Conversation With Alex Omeyer

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Alex Omeyer and I discussed defining, tracking, and measuring technical debt. Technical debt generates a liability that every organization must deal with. As Alex states, “tech debt might not be the sexiest topic” but if teams and organizations don’t address their liabilities it will be difficult to deliver the value customers need and expect. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We also talk about the practicalities of pivoting life ambitions and entrepreneurship.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Alex is the Co-founder and CEO of Stepsize.  </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Alex personally spends most of his time speaking to the best software development teams in the world about how they handle technical debt. Hit him up to talk tech debt. He loves to share what they taught him.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Alex and his co-founders are building Stepsize—a free tool for engineering teams to track and prioritize technical debt.</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">Stepsize’s mission is to make software development more accessible, efficient, and powerful. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Website:</span> <a href= "https://www.stepsize.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://www.stepsize.com/</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">LinkedIn:</span> <a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandre-omeyer-060a0175/"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandre-omeyer-060a0175/</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Twitter @</span><a href= "https://twitter.com/AlexOmeyer"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">AlexOmeyer</span></a></p> <p><strong>The Software Process and Measurement Cast is a proud media sponsor of the Global Scrum Master Summit. </strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The First Global Scrum Master Summit</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Week of May 17th, 2021, Live and Recorded</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Organi