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How Levels.fyi Brought Salary Transparency to the Tech Industry

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

We realized this was a common question and decided to build a simple visualization to compare software engineer titles across companies. A few months later we began collecting salary data after noticing the same gap in knowledge. A few months later we began collecting salary data after noticing the same gap in knowledge.

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

Intercom, Inc.

How do I do a better job of supporting and helping the staff engineers that I worked with? Brian: One of the most interesting things about the approach to the book was how important the crowdsourcing part was. Getting people to tell their stories wasn’t just part of your research work – it was part of your book as well.

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Finding & Nurturing Top Talent | Elpie Bannister & Alex Yang | BoS Europe 2019

Business of Software Conference

Alex Yang: For those of you who are wondering why you just got Rick-rolled, Elpie and I decided to crowdsource our walk on song from our team. Our precision data helps our partners maximise the impact of the resources that they are committing. Be Data Driven. Look at the data behind it. High-level Strategy.