Learn from the finest. This collection of interviews with over 125 real-life engineering professionals should give you a wealth of information whether you’re just getting started in Engineering Management or need to brush up on your skills. Check out the collection of #WomenInTech and underrepresented minorities (#LatinX and #BlackInTech) in leadership.
Interview with Marcus Blankenship, Technical Leadership Consultant
Location: Klamath Falls, Oregon, USA Current Role: Technical Leadership Consultant What’s your background and how did you get into management? My background is in Software Engineering, with a focus on building ERP and Product Configurator systems. In 2000 I was promoted from Sr. Programmer to…
Interview with Aaron Cope, Director of Engineering, R&D
Location: Remote (Houston, TX) Current Role: Director of Engineering, R&D What’s your background and how did you get into management? I have been in software for over fifteen years. I currently manage 13 engineers and quality assurance engineers, distributed mostly across the United States and…
Interview with Michael Lopp, VP of Engineering @slackhq
Location: Los Gatos, CA Current Role: VP of Engineering @slackhq What’s your background and how did you get into management? I’ve been working in the Silicon Valley my entire life. In order, I worked at Borland, Symantec, Netscape, Icarian, Apple, Palantir, Pinterest, and now at…
Interview with Allen Cheung, Senior Director of Engineering at Affirm
Location: San Francisco Bay Area Current Role: Senior Director of Engineering at Affirm What’s your background and how did you get into management? Before I became a manager, I was a software engineer for about 8–9 years in Silicon Valley. I had a BA of…
Interview with Joe Hudson, Engineering Manager at Citadel LLC
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina Area Current Role: Web Engineering Manager at Citadel LLC What’s your background and how did you get into management? I have a software engineering background and got into management mostly by accident. The director at Walmart Grocery knew of my technical…
Interview with John Hunter
Location: Virginia, USA Current Role: Management Consultant What’s your background and how did you get into management? From the start of my career, I was focused on how to improve the performance of the organization. I led efforts to use management improvement strategies and tools…
Interview with Dr. James Stanier, VP Engineering at Brandwatch
Location: Brighton, UK Current role: VP Engineering, Brandwatch What’s your background and how did you get into management? I did Computer Science as an undergraduate and then took an interest in compilers, which became the subject of my Ph.D. After completing my thesis, I joined…
Interview with Mike Dosik, Senior Director, Cloud Operations at Thomson Reuters
Location: Sunnyvale, CA Current Role: Senior Director, Cloud Operations at Thomson Reuters What’s your background and how did you get into management? I have a background in computer science and worked several years as a software engineer before moving into project management and people management….
