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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. Engineering managers will frequently consult with other product managers, engineers, and their teams while spending time in meetings, answering emails, and delivering presentations to upper management.

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

Business of Software Conference

In honor of the recent passing of Gerald Weinberg, I’ll choose my favorite of his: The Secrets of Consulting. Mikey Trafton, Alamo Drafthouse, CTO. Rich Mironov, Mironov Consulting. 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.

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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. “I started as a software developer.

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Insights from the CDH Benchmark Survey: How Are Teams Adopting Discovery Habits?

Product Talk

If you want help building your outcome mindset, check out our Defining Outcomes course. Tweet This It’s clear from these results that focusing on a single outcome is still a minority position. In my experience coaching teams, this is not an automatic next step. I was surprised to see that 77.6% of respondents said yes.

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Stop Selling Your Product, Start Selling Your Point of View | April Dunford | BoS USA Online 2020

Business of Software Conference

Upcoming talk releases include: Jason Fried (CEO/Founder, Basecamp & Hey) on launching Hey April Dunford (Author, Obviously Awesome) on why you should stop selling your product Dharmesh Shah (CTO/Founder, Hubspot) on facing fears as an entrepreneur. So let’s start with the positioning, like what exactly is level jump?

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Leading the Change: How Ellen Juhlin Introduced Discovery Habits at Orion Labs

Product Talk

To learn more about how real product leaders are approaching this challenge, I recently sat down with fellow Product Talk instructor Ellen Juhlin (who’s also a product coach, consultant, and Senior Director of Product Management at Orion Labs ). We’ve had some changing roles over time as the company grew, of course.

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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. We’re a software consulting company we build custom software for Fortune 500 companies. Level 2 is hey I want you to handle this but give me regular updates so I can course correct along the way. They don’t know what you want them to do. I’m counting on you OK.