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How Retool reached $2M in ARR before launch by focusing on developers — David Hsu

Todd Jackson is back on the mic to guest host another product-focused episode this week. He chats with David Hsu, founder and CEO of Retool, a low-code platform for developers building custom internal tools.

How to approach GTM with an engineering lens — Rich Rao’s advice from Google & Meta

Our guest is Rich Rao, the VP of the Small Business Group at Meta, where he manages the global revenue and operations for properties including Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp.

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How to Chart Your Engineering Career Path: IC, Manager or Technical Founder?

From early employee to technical founder: Amber Feng shares essential lessons for engineers up and down the org chart, drawing from her 8-year career at Stripe and becoming a technical founder of Cocoon.

IC? Manager? Technical Founder? How to chart your engineering career path — Stripe & Cocoon’s Amber Feng

Today’s episode is with Amber Feng, who is the co-founder and CTO of Cocoon, and was previously an engineering leader at Stripe for eight years.In today’s conversation, we pull on threads from Amber’s engineering career to weave together lessons for other engineers charting their own path.

From developer to CMO — Archana Agrawal’s marketing lessons from Airtable & Atlassian

Today’s episode is with Archana Agrawal, CMO of Airtable, a low-code platform for building collaborative apps. Archana joined Airtable last year after 7 years at Atlassian, where she eventually became the company’s Head of Enterprise and Cloud Marketing.

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“Get Off the Floor” and Other Career Advice from Microsoft, Looker, Reddit & Twitter

Nick Caldwell's resume includes an enviable list of companies — Microsoft, Reddit, Looker and Twitter. He shares his biggest lessons from each for a crash course in finding success across different company cultures, scales & functions.

Nick Caldwell on the engineering cultures that power Microsoft, Reddit, Looker & Twitter

Between Microsoft, Reddit, Looker, and now Twitter, Nick’s worked for companies with vastly different cultures. And in today’s conversations, we comb through the biggest lessons from each of these orgs.

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Hiring a VP of Engineering? Use This Framework from Shopify’s VPE to Get it Right

After more than 20 years in tech, eight companies, and thousands of hires, Shopify's Farhan Thawar shares his go-to-framework for snagging a VP of Engineering. From the skills that are most important to the questions to ask and red flags to watch out for, his advice will help founders dive several l

Building engineering orgs and new products at Segment, Dropbox & Facebook — Tido Carriero

https://segment.com/blog/finding-product-market-fit-again/ [email protected] twitter.com/firstround twitter.com/brettberson EP.17 - Tido Carriero Tido Carriero: [00:00:00] I find that the best engineering managers and really leaders across the board are able to continually create clarity for the team in terms of if

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The Engineering Leader’s Guide to Crafting a Personal Brand that Stands Out From the Crowd

As an Engineering Leader at Help Scout, Anjuan Simmons has carved out a robust side hustle as a public speaker and blogger. Here, he shares his playbook for engineers to get started with personal branding and stand out from the crowd.

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How to Build a Culture of Ownership, and Other Engineering Leadership Tips from Plaid & Dropbox

Jean-Denis Grèze has led engineering teams at Plaid and Dropbox: Here’s what he’s learned about crafting a bottoms-up culture, hiring and motivating large teams.

Plaid & Dropbox’s Jean-Denis Grèze’s playbook for building an engineering culture of ownership

Today’s episode is with Jean-Denis Grèze, Head of Engineering at Plaid, which securely connects your bank to your apps. Before joining Plaid, Jean-Denis served as Director of Engineering at Dropbox, and even had a stint in law school and one year as a lawyer under his belt.