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Navigating the Engineering Career Paths
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35 minutes
Released:
Apr 3, 2019
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SHOW: 392DESCRIPTION: Brian talks with Uma Chingunde (@the_umac, Engineering Manager at @Stripe) about engineering career paths as an IC or Manager, how managers can be effective mentors, job rotations, and how diversity is an opportunity for every team. SHOW SPONSOR LINKS:Datadog Homepage - Modern Monitoring and AnalyticsTry Datadog yourself by starting a free, 14-day trial today. Listeners of this podcast will also receive a free Datadog T-shirtMongoDB Atlas - Automated cloud MongoDB serviceVisit mongodb.com/cloudcast to learn more. MongoDB Atlas handles all the costly database operations and admin tasks that you’d rather not spend time on, like security, high availability, data recovery, monitoring, and elastic scaling. Try MongoDB Atlas today!Get 20% off VelocityConf passes using discount code CLOUDCLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK:Microsoft announces Azure Stack HCIChef announces fully open-source softwareAqua Security announces $62M funding roundThe Rise of Progressive Delivery for Systems ResilienceWe Looked at 101 Startup CEO Salaries – Here’s What We FoundWhy Today's Business Schools Teach Yesterday's ExpertiseSHOW INTERVIEW LINKS:Uma Chingunde’s Background: https://conferences.oreilly.com/velocity/vl-ca/public/schedule/speaker/336620Navigating the Mid-Career Plateau (Uma’s Velocity Talk)Stripe Homepage - Online payment processing for internet businessesSHOW NOTES:Topic 1 - Welcome to the show. Tell us about your background, as well as some of the things you’re working on these days at Stripe. Topic 2 - We’ve discussed the career mindset of people more on the sales/marketing side of companies, but you’re beginning to look at this within engineering teams. Let’s start with the framework of how you think about that for yourself and then for people within your team. Topic 3 - What are traditional vs non traditional IC and manager paths you can explore?Topic 4 - How do you think about the engineer vs manager track? Does it always have to be these two options, or are you seeing other paths, maybe more senior options as an IC?Topic 5 - What are some variations on the above for underrepresented groups?FEEDBACK?Email: show at thecloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet and @ServerlessCast
Released:
Apr 3, 2019
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