Read these inspiring interviews from different LatinX leaders in tech sharing their experience to help other leaders improve. Learn how they got into management. What are the biggest challenges they face? What is their advice for managers who are just starting out? And answers to many other questions.
Interview with Alexandra Paredes, Head of Engineering at Code Climate
What’s your background and how did you get into management?
I studied Computer Science in Caracas, Venezuela. Before finishing college, around 2009, I was working part-time building mobile applications for BlackBerry and Android using Java and PhoneGap (currently known as Apache Cordova). Building things that others found useful was thrilling. I treasured this experience because it served as a good introduction to understanding that “shipping” a product is more than coding.
In the following years,
Interview with Federico Soria, Engineering Manager at Airbnb
In this interview (also available as a podcast), with Federico Soria, Engineering Manager at Airbnb, we discuss inbox zero, diversity and inclusion, hiring strategies in the highly competitive SF Bay Area, and hacking career development.
Interview with Juan Pablo Buritica Vice President of Engineering at Splice
- What’s your background and how did you get into management?
- What are the biggest challenges you face?
- What are your thoughts on diversity?
- What is your approach to hiring?
- What’s your advice for managers who are just starting out?
- What’s your workday like and how do you manage your time, emails, etc.?
- What’s a personal habit that contributes to your success?
Interview with Andrew Mairena, MBA student at MIT Sloan School of Management (and formerly Application Engineering Manager at Thermo Fisher Scientific)
Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts. After working for several years in Silicon Valley, I decided to go back to school to obtain my MBA.
Current role: MBA student at MIT Sloan School of Management (and formerly Application Engineering Manager at Thermo Fisher Scientific)
What’s your background and how did you get into management?
I graduated from UC Berkeley in 2010 with a degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. I’m an engineer by training and I worked in a few organizations,
Interview with Rui Peres, Engineering Manager at Babylon Health
Location: London, UK
Current role: Engineering Manager at Babylon Health
What’s your background and how did you get into management?
Most of my background has been as a frontend software engineer within the Apple ecosystem, since 2010. I worked in several companies in Portugal, Switzerland and now in the UK (London). The management opportunity was something that evolved from a position of Lead iOS engineer, where I was defining parts of the architecture and pushing for a FRP (Functional Reactive Programming) approach.