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Y Oslo 2024: When It Comes to Discovery, Something is Better Than Nothing

Product Talk

I started my career as a software engineer. As I coached teams on how to make better decisions about what to build, I often got feedback that it was messy. I identify as a coach and not a consultant. When I say product team, I mean product managers, designers, software engineers. Here’s the thing.

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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. It’s like, “Hey, you have to mentor a number of folks coming up.”

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2021 in conversation: Learnings from the podcast

Intercom, Inc.

Will Larson , CTO of Calm. Des Traynor , Co-founder and CTO of Intercom. There are plenty of resources and advice on unlocking the secrets of the engineering management career path. Liam Geraghty: Will Larson is the CTO of Calm , the mindfulness app. Zanade Mann , founder of Black Women’s Business Collective.

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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?