Skyscanner’s Chief Technology Officer Andrew Phillips joined the Scottish unicorn fresh out of uni, turning down a glamorous role at GCHQ in favour of a scrappy start up that started as an idea sketched out on a pub beermat. It was a big gamble – and one that paid off. Fast forward 14 years and that business has grown to be a global leader with over 110m monthly users across the world…and Andrew has gone from the most junior coder in the building to leading a team of over 700 engineers across Europe and Asia.
What does it take to make that shift? For Andrew, the constants have been learnings, mistakes, and, of course, change. Come along to hear how to scale your team from 20 engineers, to 100 engineers, and then again to 500. As a leader, how do you shift your mindset and approach as your organisation accelerates – and how do you ensure you’re continuing to adapt and be of value to your team? For anyone who is looking to understand how to grow and develop in their current role, how to scare themselves, how to stretch and how to embrace failure, this talk is for you.