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Kunal Shah on winning in India, second-order thinking, the philosophy of startups, and more

Lenny Rachitsky

Brought to you by: • WorkOS —The modern API for auth and user identity • Orb —The flexible billing engine for modern pricing • Dovetail —Bring your customer into every decision — Kunal Shah is one of the most well-known and admired product leaders in India.

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Why Engineers Should Participate in Discovery

Product Talk

Are you inviting your engineers to participate in discovery with you? Does your organization prefer that your engineers only write code? Marty Cagan , in Inspired , argues, “If you’re just using your engineers to code, you’re only getting about half their value.” And, sadly, many engineers make this mistake themselves.

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How to Evaluate Startup Offers for Software Engineer

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

You’ve got multiple offers from startups engineering positions, but how do you choose which one to take? With so many factors to consider, this article aims to compile the most important factors into one easy-to-read resource for software engineers evaluating startup offers. It’s the wild west out there.

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Transitioning from Software Engineer to Engineering Manager

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

Becoming an engineering manager is the first step into the big world of management for many software engineers. Engineering managers are tech experts and great leaders. That is why we wrote this article to give you an overview of the transition from software engineer to engineering manager. So let's get to it!

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Reddit’s Nick Caldwell on engineering leadership

Intercom, Inc.

On day one as Reddit’s new VP of Engineering, Nick Caldwell faced a dilemma. He had just spent 13 years at Microsoft, most recently as the head of 300 engineers. At Reddit, he led a team of 35 – none of whom knew how to manage other engineers. Building trust can be tough when you’re a new hire in a leadership position.

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Trailblazing Women in Product Management: Jennifer Marx, Vice President of Product Management at Sythentaic?

280 Group

Jennifer is now the Vice President of Product Management at Synthetaic, an end-to-end AI company. “ I had never worked directly on an AI product before, nor had I worked in a startup, but the more it scared me, the more I knew it’s what I had to do next.” Avoid over-engineering things. Congratulations on your promotion!

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Stripe’s Will Larson on engineering and infrastructure management

Intercom, Inc.

As a startup scales, the importance of infrastructure engineers simply can’t be overstated. They’re the ones making sure your app is secure, that uptime looks good, and that the rest of your engineering org has the right tools to build features your users need and want. The tenets of foundation engineering at Stripe.