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The Unvarnished Truth of being a Woman in Tech

Hacker Earth Developers Blog

In our fifth episode of Breaking 404 , we caught up with Monica Bajaj, Senior Director of Engineering, Workday to hear out the different biases that exist in tech roles across organizations and how difficult it can get for a woman to reach a senior position, especially in tech. I have a great partnership with our recruiting teams.

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AoAD2 Chapter 3: How to Be Agile

James Shore

Start with an influential manager you trust and recruit them as an ally. The engineering manager found my thoughts about scaling insightful, so he introduced me to his VP of Engineering. The VP was concerned about cross-product coordination as the organization grew. The VP liked what I had to say.

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AoAD2 Chapter 6: Invest in Change

James Shore

If not, you can hire consultants. Start with an influential manager you trust and recruit them as an ally. The engineering manager found my thoughts about scaling insightful, so he introduced me to his VP of Engineering. The VP was concerned about cross-product coordination as the organization grew.

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The Rise of the Front-End Developer

LaunchDarkly

On May 21, for the Test in Production Meetup on Twitch , Yoz Grahame, Developer Advocate at LaunchDarkly, moderated a panel discussion featuring Rebecca Murphey, Senior Technical PM at Indeed, and Ben Vinegar, VP of Engineering at Sentry. And then I saw a presentation, actually about the same time, maybe around 2005-2006.