From Burnout to Breakthrough: Building Better Engineering Teams with Thanos Diacakis — Entrepreneur Conundrum

Episode Title: From Burnout to Breakthrough: Building Better Engineering Teams with Thanos Diacakis
Guest: Thanos Diacakis
Host: Virginia Purnell
Podcast: Entrepreneur Conundrum

Links & Resources:

Website: https://www.cosmicteacups.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thanosd/
Download: 7 Mental Models for Software Development

What You’ll Hear in This Episode:

How Thanos turned early startup experience into a career of helping software teams scale
Common misconceptions about engineering productivity
The four types of work all software teams should balance
Why going “faster” often starts with doing less
Thanos’ ABCD framework: Iteration, Quality, Complexity, Planning
The truth about burnout, identity, and finding joy in software again
Best advice Thanos has ever received—and given
His favorite book (Changing on the Job) and favorite movie (A Few Good Men)

Ideal For:

Startup founders with growing engineering teams
CTOs and engineering managers facing team burnout or delivery delays
Anyone curious about the intersection of software development and team health

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Key Questions

(01:12) How did you end up on this journey and where you are today?

(02:32) Who's your ideal client today?

(04:00) How do you get in front of these people?

(08:12) What are a couple of big goals that you're looking to achieve in the next year or two?

(09:00) How would that affect your business?

(09:41) So I think you've already touched on all of the questions about how to deliver software faster by doing less. I think we talked about that with time allocation, right? Is there anything else that you wanted to touch on?

(15:36) Is working with you an ongoing long term aspect, or is it for a certain time It will usually start with some engagement to the tune of six months.

(17:52) Is it hard to find where the bottleneck is in the software?

(20:16) What is the best advice that you have ever received?

(21:30) What's the best advice you've ever given?

(23:35) I have that question, too, because you've done quite a few startups, and you have a family and stuff like So do you have any tips on how you were able to try to have that balance?

(25:57) Is there anything else that you would like to talk about that we haven't yet?

(26:10) What is your favorite book and movie?

(29:21) Where can we go to learn more about you and what you do?

Thanos Diacakis

https://www.cosmicteacups.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/thanosd/

Virginia Purnell

Funnel & Visibility Specialist

Distinct Digital Marketing

(833) 762-5336

virginia@distinctdigitalmarketing.com