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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

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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.

Engineering

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.

Engineering

The Engineer’s Guide to Career Growth — Advice from My Time at Stripe and Facebook

Raylene Yung has spent a decade scaling eng and product teams at Facebook and Stripe. Here's her advice for engineers at every stage of their careers, from IC to org leader.

Engineering

Why This Engineering Leader Thinks You Shouldn’t Aim for Zero Regrettable Attrition

As Greenhouse’s CTO, Mike Boufford built an engineering team that grew from one to 60 in its first five years — with zero regrettable attrition.

Engineering

How to Size and Assess Teams From an Eng Lead at Stripe, Uber and Digg

Will Larson has developed a framework for the optimal size and state of engineering teams—not only so managers can lead them in a highly efficient and effective way, but with a deeply empathetic and ethical approach.

Engineering

Empathy-Driven Development: How Engineers Can Tap into This Critical Skill

Andrea Goulet is determined to change the way that the tech industry talks about empathy. After teaching us how to conquer technical debt, the CEO of Corgibytes returns to the Review to explain why empathy is technical skill, and how engineers can leverage this powerful tool in their practice.

Management

How This Head of Engineering Boosted Transparency at Instagram

While leading engineering at Instagram, James Everingham spotted a problem: the inevitable dip in transparent decision-making and communication as teams scale. Drawing on three decades of experience, he shares how to operationalize transparency during hypergrowth.

Engineering

My Lessons from Interviewing 400+ Engineers Over Three Startups

Engineering leader Marco Rogers (Lever, Yammer, Clover Health) debunks some of the most common recruiting tropes and walks through his four top interviewing practices for startups.

Engineering

Veteran CTO (with Multiple Successful Exits) Answers Your Top Startup-Building Questions

Adil Ajmal has built several standout technical organizations from scratch to successful acquisition. Here, he answers the toughest questions from our community.

People & Culture

Make Stronger Offers to Engineering Candidates and Boost Your Closes

Adil Ajmal has been building engineering teams from scratch to huge for over 20 years. Here's what he's learned to close the best candidates for your company.