Welcome to The Better Build, a podcast that explores the world of software engineering leadership, and the people who are shaping it.
This podcast is presented by Mission, an award-winning network and platform for fully managed teams of senior-level software engineers to find opportunities and continue to level-up. For more information, check out mission.dev
Keeping Humans in the Loop - with Nuri Cankaya (Intel)
Nuri Cankaya of Intel discusses the transformative impact of AI on jobs and workflows with host Steven Markow, emphasizing the importance of human-AI collaboration in navigating the future, in this interview.
7 May 2025
The Craft of Leadership - with Wade Bruce (CTO, Fetch)
In this episode of The Better Build, Mission’s (https://mission.dev) Steven Markow (https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-markow-7787b81a7/) sits down with Wade Bruce (https://www.linkedin.com/in/wade-bruce-39359a33/), CTO of Fetch (https://www.linkedin.com/company/fetch-rewards/), America’s top rewards app with over 10 million users, to talk leadership, resilience, and how growing as a person can help you evolve as an engineer.
Wade shares candid stories from his career journey, including the bold career move he made while expecting his first child. We explore the strengths of smaller tech communities, how his time in the National Guard shaped his leadership approach, and why he believes in developing leaders at every level of an organization, not just at the top.
Key moments:
Wade’s National Guard experience (06:08)
Inside Fetch’s IC leadership program (08:15)
Wade’s leadership philosophy (13:50)
How AI factors into Fetch’s app (19:05)
Why “easy” matters in product design (25:46)
The importance of focusing on the present (29:25)
6 Mar 2025
The Engineer as Entrepreneur with Steve Lindsey (LVT)
In this episode, host Steven Markow sits down with Steve Lindsey, founding partner and CTO of LiveView Technologies (LVT), to explore how his early hands-on experience—from fiber optics to engineering—shaped his mindset and led him to develop scalable security solutions at LVT.
Key moments:
🔹 The importance of hands-on technical experience (01:40)
🔹 How scarcity fuels resourcefulness and drives innovation (17:01)
🔹 Ask questions, be open to learning (26:58)
🔹 The engineer as entrepreneur (28:14)
🔹 On resilience (32:04)
Steve also reflects on the intersection of engineering and creativity, his passion for public speaking, and what’s next for LVT in 2025.
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