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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. Monica: Definitely.

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Los Angeles CTO / VP Engineering Job Searches

SoCal CTO

I’ve written quite a bit about aspects of this topic, especially from the perspective of startup founders looking for talent – you can find these in: Startup CTO. It’s a good idea to start with a fairly narrow definition. Of course, just because a CTO or VPE is listed doesn’t mean it’s working well. My general answer is “no.”

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Honeycomb Welcomes New VP Engineering

Honeycomb

I am delighted to announce that we have a new VP of engineering: our own Emily Nakashima , formerly director of engineering (formerly manager, formerly engineer). First, I’d write a post if we had hired a new VP of engineering, so I should write one about having grown one from within. Emily: “Mm.”.

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Honeycomb Welcomes New VP Engineering

Honeycomb

I am delighted to announce that we have a new VP of engineering: our own Emily Nakashima , formerly director of engineering (formerly manager, formerly engineer). First, I’d write a post if we had hired a new VP of engineering, so I should write one about having grown one from within. Emily : “Mm.”.

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Scaling Technology and Organizations Together with Randy Shoup

Gitprime

asks Randy Shoup , the VP of Engineering at WeWork. Shoup himself has worked as an engineering leader with several companies of various sizes during periods of intense scaling over the last three decades. I’ve never found a problem where a team was too big to be one team, but it wasn’t obvious how to subdivide it.”.

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Investing in Career Growth & Team Development – Advice From 3 Engineering Leaders

Gitprime

With an eye on the long-term health of our teams, our engineers, and our companies, that latter responsibility is at least as critical as the products we deliver. Leaders can focus on enabling and fulfilling their engineers—such as through a culture of teaching and learning—as they progress in their careers.