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Intercom presents Engineer Chats

Intercom, Inc.

For the very first time, we’re releasing Engineer Chats , an internal podcast here at Intercom about all things engineering. Previously hosted by Jamie Osler , a Senior Product Engineer at Intercom for over seven years, it’s now up to Principal Systems Engineer Brian Scanlan to pick up the baton and keep the chats going.

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5 Great Career Paths for Sales Engineers & Solution Consultants

Product Management University

The career paths for sales engineers (SEs) and solution consultants (SCs) are wide open due to the blend of business and technical skills, sales skills and positioning expertise required to succeed in this role. Are Sales Engineers and Solution Consultants the Same? Are Sales Engineers and Solution Consultants the Same?

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

Intercom, Inc.

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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Questioning tech: The past, present, and future of survey tools

Intercom, Inc.

The history of surveys is essentially the history of the technology used to collect and interpret information. As tech has developed, so has our capacity to know ourselves at a large scale. We’ve all experienced this tech at some stage in our lives. Take Zoe Sinnott. Liam Geraghty: Okay. Let’s see. Name, Liam Geraghty.

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Product Breaking Point To Breakthrough: How To Drive Successful Product Reviews

The Product Coalition

I enjoyed in-person meetings, especially in-person product review meetings. Early in the pandemic, this led me to resent virtual meetings, especially virtual product review meetings. This particular product review meeting was a breaking point. I struggled to figure out how to run the product review meeting effectively.

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Why Product & Engineering Can’t Be Separate Islands

The Product Coalition

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.

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How Automatic Speech Recognition Drives Future Voice Technology

The Product Coalition

Thanks to the ongoing development of Automatic Speech Recognition technology, we are rapidly approaching the potential future scenario. As is often the case with technology, our question is “what’s next?” ASR (Automatic Speech Recognition) is the technology that facilitates this change. The answer is the human voice.