Intercom, Inc.
AUGUST 18, 2022
When you reach senior level on an engineering track, you’re expected to be optimal in your hard skill set. Despite not having a formal education in engineering, Sarah landed a job as a developer in the French consultant Grand Manitou. Then, four years ago, in 2018, she got a job at Algolia as a software engineer.
Intercom, Inc.
APRIL 22, 2021
As it turns out, he’s also quite the writer – since the last time we spoke , he has published not one but two books on engineering. After writing An Elegant Puzzle about the challenges of engineering management in high-growth organizations, his focus shifted to a career path that’s much less understood – the technical leadership track.
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The Product Coalition
FEBRUARY 12, 2022
It’s always better when we’re together Photo by henry perks on Unsplash When I entered the wondrous world of product & engineering for the first time, I did not understand why there was a split between Product & Engineering. Engineering decides how and executes. One cannot exist without the other.
Product Talk
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
Engineers are often reluctant to participate in discovery. This is only natural: Through years of bad habits, many of us have shown engineers that we only value them for the code they can write. But there are many reasons why engineers are one of the essential members of the product trio. And this is a good thing.
Lenny Rachitsky
MARCH 12, 2024
Two years in, I’ve learned a ton , and the podcast is consistently a top 10 technology podcast globally , with a 5.0 average star rating across nearly 4,000 reviews. First episode vs. last episode To reinforce this lesson, here are the first episodes from some of your favorite tech podcasts. Clearly not A+ on day one.
Johanna Rothman
NOVEMBER 16, 2020
One of my reviewers for the Modern Management Made Easy books asked a fascinating question: I've never seen this many women in management or in senior leadership positions. Yes, the Computer Science curriculum had several required Hardware Engineering classes. The idea of a code review or a design review?
Intercom, Inc.
OCTOBER 31, 2019
Many engineers who make the transition to a management role face a bit of a conundrum – if I stop doing hands-on work, my team will lose a strong engineer and instead will gain an inexperienced manager. When I joined Intercom, my manager asked me if I wanted to onboard as an engineer or as a manager. Fixing tiny issues.
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