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
