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Interview: A Chat with BPMA Mentor and Edx CTO, Mark Haseltine

bpma ProductHub

Being paired with my mentor Mark Haseltine, CTO at Edx, was a unique and valuable experience. I’ve been fortunate to have several key mentors in my career. As a CTO, I am asked to fulfill various needs depending on the particular circumstances of the company. How did you get involved with the BPMA?

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Calm’s Will Larson on how to build a technical leadership career

Intercom, Inc.

For those who don’t know him, Will has over 10 years of experience in the likes of Yahoo, Digg, Uber, and Stripe, and he’s currently the CTO of Calm , the mindfulness app that helps millions of people to lower their stress levels and sleep better. What’s the right way to do this in your company? They likely don’t have all the answers.

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To Ensure Project Success, Follow your Intuition and Ask for Clarity

The Product Coalition

About 12 years ago, I was an executive advisor on a project at a large telecommunications company. I was in a meeting with the CTO and his staff one day when he laid out his vision. This will position your team to execute well and be successful. are unclear, please communicate with your clients and leadership.

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Reddit’s Nick Caldwell on engineering leadership

Intercom, Inc.

He had to quickly determine which team members displayed a potential for leadership and teach them the fundamentals of management so they could make new hires and scale – without ruining the culture. I hosted Nick on the podcast, where we discussed the differences between management and leadership, fostering diversity in tech, and more.

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Introvert's Secret Weapon for Commanding a Room (And Turning Conflict into Growth)

People-First Product Leadership

By leaning into the positive, you instinctively start to relax. Turn on your best smile, be positive, and thank the person for the opportunity to (re)state the reasoning. Another path is to to reflect on your company culture. That means every company builds two products: one for customers and a second one for the team.

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Transitioning from Software Engineer to Engineering Manager

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

An engineering management position is not on the typical path of an individual contributor (IC) software engineer. For instance, what objective metric is there to measure the weight of your leadership or communication skills? But these new opportunities come with significantly more work and responsibility than any IC position.

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What Do Product Leaders Do?

Mironov Consulting

There may also be some designers or a few developers reporting into such roles, but I’m focused away from CTO and VP Engineering roles where the majority of staff are developers. . Instead, they just start hiring — or pick up a random organizational model from some not-so-similar company. What does your team and company need?

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