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Interview with Nat Fast, VP Software Development at Viscira
Location: San Francisco Current Role: VP Software Development, Viscira What’s your background and how did you get into management? I have always been a leader. From my childhood to today it has been my fortune to see people as they are and deal with them from that…
Interview with Tom Bartel Germany-based software developer, engineering manager, speaker, and author
Location: Düsseldorf, Germany Current Role: Product Manager and Talent Lead What’s your background and how did you get into management? My background is in classical Computer Science, specializing in software development. I stumbled into management when my current employer, trivago, was growing rapidly, and additional…
Interview with Sam Boswell, CTO @ WorkGaps
Location: Berkshire, UK Current Role: CTO @ WorkGaps What’s your background and how did you get into management? My background was primarily technical – my first roles were in bespoke software, and from there shifted to web-app development. I was recommended a role with a…
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…
Newsletters and Email Lists for Engineering Managers
List of Newsletters and Email Lists focussed on engineering management. Software Lead Weekly A weekly email for busy people who care about people, culture, and leadership. Tech Leadership Weekly A curated collection of interesting and insightful articles about leadership, management, process, and innovation delivered to your inbox…
