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Guide to the Software Engineer Career Path

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

Trying to better understand the software engineer career path? Want to know what your next steps are as an engineer as you make your way to CTO? An engineering career can go in many different directions depending on your technical skill set and what you want out of a job. We've got your covered.

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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. I was the only manager, and I definitely didn’t know what I was doing.

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How a multinational insurance company is managing design at scale through a design system

UX Planet

This definition resonated deeply with me a few weeks ago while connecting with several designers on their latest works. This was praise and a comment that I heard from our Digital Business CTO. What worked well for us Success recipe: Coaching designers top-down and promoting grassroots contribution.

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Leading A High-Growth Company | David Cancel, Drift | BoS USA 2018

Business of Software Conference

Originally software engineer, long time ago no one on my team believes that anymore that I ever coded and then have started five companies and Drift is the fifth. DC : Yeah an engineer, software engineer and then yes. ML : Describe David Cancel. DC : In 30 seconds? ML : Fantastic. What was the first company?