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Interview with Himanshu Gahlot, Director of Engineering, Lambda School (ex-Amazon)

October 18, 2020 Leave a Comment

In this interview, with Himanshu Gahlot, Director of Engineering, Lambda School, we discuss going from IC to engineering manager, surveying your team, coaching with the GROW model, plus many tips and lessons learned.

Filed Under: Interviews, Podcast Episode Tagged With: Director, San Francisco

Interview with Jossie Haines, Senior Director, Platform Engineering at Tile

June 1, 2020 Leave a Comment

In this interview & podcast, with Jossie Haines, Senior Director, Platform Engineering at Tile, we discuss diversity and inclusion, women in tech, going from IC to engineering manager, and time management.

Filed Under: Interviews, Podcast Episode Tagged With: San Francisco, WomenInTech

Interview with Trish Gray, Head of Business Growth at Pinterest

April 6, 2020 Leave a Comment

Trish Gray Portrait

In this interview (and podcast), with Trish Gray, Head of Business Growth at Pinterest, we discuss the 4D puzzle of management, Trish’s leadership goals, including a download to her leadership goals one-pager, plus techniques for coaching and mentoring your team. Trish has a huge passion for manager effectiveness, and we can all learn a lot from her.

Filed Under: Interviews, Podcast Episode Tagged With: San Francisco, WomenInTech

Interview with Lavanya Ramani, Software Development Manager at Amazon

February 10, 2020 2 Comments

In this interview (and podcast), with Lavanya Ramani, Software Development Manager at Amazon, we discuss “detached attachment,” careers (it’s not a race), hiring with LinkedIn Recruiter, how to avoid being distracted by your phone, and more.

Filed Under: Interviews Tagged With: engineering manager, San Francisco, WomenInTech

Interview with Rukmini Reddy, VP of Engineering at Abstract

January 20, 2020 Leave a Comment

In this interview (and podcast), with Rukmini Reddy, VP of Engineering at Abstract, we discuss motiving and aligning your team, working in a remote company, hiring, and tips for being organized.

Filed Under: Interviews, Podcast Episode Tagged With: San Francisco, VP, WomenInTech

Gergely Németh, Engineering Manager at Uber

January 7, 2020 Leave a Comment

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

Originally, I’m from Hungary, where I was the co-founder of RisingStack, a small consulting company, focusing on JavaScript and DevOps. Early on, I took on the responsibilities of the CEO – I’ve always enjoyed helping others grow and succeed, so early on I’ve found joy in it. I’ve been leading RisingStack for a bit over three years – during that time we worked for companies small and big,

Filed Under: Interviews Tagged With: engineering manager, San Francisco

Interview with Vishal Saxena, VP Global SaaS Operations at Aktana

December 30, 2019 Leave a Comment

In this interview (and podcast), with Vishal Saxena, VP Global SaaS Operations at Aktana, we discuss handling organization change, the relationship between engineering and IT and Dev-ops, and advice for new managers.

Filed Under: Interviews Tagged With: San Francisco, VP

Interview with Shilpi Sanchetee, Engineering Manager at Slack

October 30, 2019 Leave a Comment

Location: San Francisco 
Current Role: Senior Engineering Manager @ Slack 

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

I was a software engineer for most of my career. At my first job in a small startup, I grew my team from 1 to 20 in 1.5 years in India and San Francisco. My manager at the time strongly believed in my leadership and put me in front of our main customers,

Filed Under: Interviews Tagged With: engineering manager, San Francisco, WomenInTech

Interview with Federico Soria, Engineering Manager at Airbnb

October 9, 2019 Leave a Comment

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.

Filed Under: Interviews Tagged With: engineering manager, Latinx, San Francisco

Interview with Eugene Bochkarev, VP of Engineering at Xero

October 8, 2019 Leave a Comment

Eugene Bochkarev

In this interview (also available as a podcast), I speak with Eugene Bochkarev, VP of Engineering at Xero who wants to make the whole community of engineers and managers better. We discuss advice for new managers, hiring strategies in the highly competitive SF Bay Area, and a lot of great learning and book recommendations.

Filed Under: Interviews, Podcast Episode Tagged With: San Francisco, VP

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