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Interview with Lei Yang, VP of Engineering at Quora

October 8, 2018 Leave a Comment

Location: Mountain View, CA
Current role: VP of engineering at Quora

What’s your background and how did you get into management?

I was born and raised in China. I got my Bachelors degree from Peking University and then came to the US for grad school. I started my first full time job at Google after I got my PhD. After seven years at Google, I joined Quora. In my professional life,

Filed Under: Interviews Tagged With: Mountain View, VP, WomenInTech

Interview with Natasha Vinnik, Senior Engineering Manager at Google

May 14, 2018 1 Comment

Location: Mountain View, CA.
Current role: Senior Engineering Manager at Google for Places API. I am building a team that’s focusing on providing Places data to enterprises and 3rd party developers.

What is your background and how did you get into management?

I moved to America from Russia after high school in 1999. It was the middle of the tech boom and I quickly joined a startup company, Live365, that focused on allowing anyone to create music stations.

Filed Under: Interviews Tagged With: Mountain View, senior manager, WomenInTech

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