Tor Flatebo
Bio
Tor Flatebo is an Engineering Manager at Meta, where he focuses on internal tools for RTC engineers. With over 25 years in tech, he has led engineering efforts at companies like Best Buy, Medtronic, SPS Commerce, and GovDelivery. His work centers on building systems, tools, and cultures that help engineers do their best work.
Tor is passionate about empowering teams that own what they ship. Outside of work, he still builds for fun—most recently, a full-size arcade cabinet with his kid, which they demoed at MinneBar. He lives in Saint Paul and loves connecting with other folks who like to make things.
Presenting Sessions
Past Presentations
Participating Sessions
- Choose Your Own Adventure: Pros and Cons of a Formal Autism / ADHD diagnosis vs Self-Diagnosis
- LED The Way: From Plug-and-Play to Soldering and WLED
- The Rise of the Creative Technologist: Why Artists and Creatives Will Shape the Future of AI
- Networking. No, the other kind.
- How to Automate your Home and not Lose your Family
- Atari 2600: From Chip Design to Combat - An Engineer's Journey
- So, You Wanna Do a Side Project?
- If No One Remembers You, Do You Even Exist? The REPEAT Framework for Making Your Message Stick
- 3D Printing: How to Get Started
- Radical Sabbatical - How I structured one year of creative web-dev
- Recruiting Hacks 2.0: Tips for Leaders, Hiring Managers and Senior Team Members to Boost the Talent Hunt
- Build game changing products using Product Discovery workshops
- Know Your Value, Negotiate Your Salary
- Taming the Chaos: Mastering Swift Concurrency
- How to Newsletter: Lessons from 300 issues of the Weekly Thing
- I Made a Wii Game
- Building Efficient & Resilient Engineering Teams
- 🤖 Robots aren't coming... they're here! At Minnebar! 🤯
- The IKEA Effect: Why Your Team Can’t Follow What’s Only in Your Head