Hacker Earth Developers Blog

AUGUST 13, 2020

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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Gitprime

JUNE 11, 2019

Taking on an engineering leadership role can be disorienting for fresh recruits from the engineering ranks and seasoned veterans alike. Hogan spent more than a decade leveling up engineering organizations and growing leaders at companies like Etsy (as an Engineering Director) and Kickstarter (as VP of Engineering).

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GreenBar

OCTOBER 26, 2020

He was losing sleep about his company’s challenges arising from: Poor vendor management A hodgepodge of tech that wouldn’t scale Inability to keep up with new leads Stagnant R&D Lack of focus A week later I found myself in a similar conversation, this time with a VP of Engineering looking for an outside perspective.

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Honeycomb

JULY 14, 2023

Charity once said an off-hand sentence that became a mantra for my transition into the VP of Engineering role: “Directors run the company.” Managing and making management visible turn out to be two mostly distinct groups of skills.

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James Shore

OCTOBER 15, 2020

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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James Shore

DECEMBER 4, 2020

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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LaunchDarkly

JUNE 12, 2020

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. Watch the full panel discussion below. Thank you both so much for joining us today.

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