Effective Mentorship and Remote Team Culture with Gilad Shoham

About this episode

Shane Hastie interviews Gilad Shoham about effective mentorship and the dynamics of remote team culture in the context of AI advancements.

This is the Engineering Culture Podcast, from the people behind InfoQ.com and the QCon conferences. In this podcast, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Gilad Shoham about building effective mentorship relationships, leading fully distributed teams and the evolving role of developers in an AI-augmented future. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/3L8r7tm Subscribe to the Software Architects’ Newsletter for your monthly guide to the essential news and experience from industry peers on emerging patterns and technologies: https://www.infoq.com/software-architects-newsletter Upcoming Events: QCon London 2026 (March 16-19, 2026) QCon London equips senior engineers, architects, and technical leaders with trusted, practical insights to lead the change in software development. Get real-world solutions and leadership strategies from senior software practitioners defining current trends and solving today's toughest software challenges. https://qconlondon.com/ QCon AI Boston 2026 (June 1-2, 2026) Learn how real teams are accelerating the entire software lifecycle with AI. https://boston.qcon.ai The InfoQ Podcasts: Weekly inspiration to drive innovation…

People in this episode

Host: Shane Hastie

Guest: Gilad Shoham

Topics covered

• mentorship
• remote teams
• AI
• developer roles

Keywords

• engineering culture
• distributed teams
• software development

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Effective Mentorship and Remote Team Culture, the Engineering Culture Podcast

Places: Boston

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