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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. That question has been on Will Larson ‘s mind for a long time. Solving the puzzle.

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Reddit’s Nick Caldwell on engineering leadership

Intercom, Inc.

Find a sponsor , not a mentor — someone who is in the room when opportunities arise and makes sure your name comes up. Building trust can be tough when you’re a new hire in a leadership position. A couple of years later, I got into a real leadership position. It’s more challenging to get than a mentor.

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Why Your ‘Brilliant’ Technology Fails To Have Impact | Tom Adeyoola, Metail | BoS Europe 2018

Business of Software Conference

So the ability to fly for twenty five hours at a time for a cost of eight thousand dollars rather than having to buy fractions of planes. In fact one of the guys that we used to create a remix for the bands he progressed by himself and he’s now in a position where. We were in a position where. And this was a great concept.

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Here’s what our Business of Software Conference USA 2018 Speakers are Reading

Business of Software Conference

Mikey Trafton, Alamo Drafthouse, CTO. Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters by Deckle Edge. Of course the 7 habits of highly effective people by Stephen Covey has been taught to me by mentors and has been as staple throughout my career. Good to Great by Jim Collins. I related to that book a lot.

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5 Product Management Conferences Not to Miss in 2020

Revulytics

Notable Speakers from recent Mind the Product conferences: Teresa Torres , Product Discovery Coach. Organized by Product School, these events only started in 2018 with San Francisco and quickly gained momentum in the community to expand to four additional U.S. Dharmesh Shah, CTO and Co-founder of HubSpot. September 25, 2019.

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International Women’s Day: Reflections from female leaders in product & tech

Mixpanel

Describe the path to your current position and the role mentorship has had in your career growth. “What got me in the door is someone believing in me, then I took the burden of proof as a mission in every position I ever got. ” Georgina Kirby Co-Founder & CTO, Vinehealth. ” Natasha Khimji Founder, LevelUp.

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How To Manage Your Badass Team | Mikey Trafton, Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas | BoS USA 2018

Business of Software Conference

Mikey Trafton, CTO, Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas. BoS USA 2018 Mikey Trafton Managing a Badass Team from Business of Software Conference. And then we take this feedback and it goes to the manager and the manager anonymises it and obfuscates it and then uses it to coach the employee. They don’t know what you want them to do.