From Knowledge to Wisdom ๐Ÿง  โ€” with Hywel Carver

Nov 7, 2025
58 mins

Episode Description

Today's guest is Hywel Carver! Hywel is co-founder and CEO of Skiller Whale, which provides live team coaching for software engineering teams. With Hywel, we got deep into what makes traditional developer training awful, what engineers truly learn and what they should learn. Then we explored how to measure the impact of learning and how AI may possibly change both how learning works and our own skills.(00:00) Preview(01:15) Introduction(02:22) Hywel's journey in tech(06:20) Spreading good learning(07:55) Training as a compliance(09:34) The effectiveness of learning(12:42) Training with an expert(18:02) Knowledge, Skill and Wisdom(24:16) How Skiller Whale works?(30:26) The outcomes(34:53) Finding the proper learning method(40:12) Measuring learning value(46:54) AI, humans and code basesโ€”You can also find this at:โ€ข ๐Ÿ“ฌ Newsletter: https://refactoring.fmโ€ข ๐ŸŽง Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7Luds9dmzZDoDC8Q7EMbSwโ€ข ๐Ÿ“ฑ Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/refactoring-podcast/id1719137305โ€”For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, or appearing as a guest, email: luca@refactoring.club

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