Human… We are humans not resources 2 Nov 20216 Nov 2021 I strive to never refer to another Human as a resource. I see this as diminishing another human. It encourages the use of humans as cogs in a factory, or…
Career Management Becoming a CTO 26 Feb 20212 Jan 2023 Getting to be an actual Chief Technology Officer for me has being about standing on shoulders of so many engineers who have coached me, mentored me, educated me, listened to…
Leadership… A year at SpotHero leading Engineering PT 5 – COVID-19 27 May 202027 May 2020 Now Covid-19 -> Not Scaling March 2020 -> Throughout the whole US Parking sector, revenue dropped by 90% due to COVID-19 (Stay at Home Orders/WFH). As an Executive, we wrote…
Leadership… Leading Engineering @ Spothero – product 27 May 202011 Jan 2023 Product May 2019 We are a two sided marketplace - Consumers on one side (Parkers) and Operators (Owners/management of Parking facilities) on the other We were not Product led as…
Leadership… leading Engineering@ SpotHero – Technology 27 May 202011 Jan 2023 Technology May 2019 The SpotHero monolith is Python/Django The Parking Panda monolith is c#/.net (SpotHero acquired Parking Panda in Spring 2017) We were extracting core functionality from our monolith to…
Leadership… leading Engineering@ SpotHero- People 27 May 202011 Jan 2023 People- May 2019 The Product and Engineering was about 50 people Offices in Chicago HQ, Baltimore and a couple remote WFH Most Engineering Managers had over 10-14 engineers to serve…
Leadership… leading Engineering@ SpotHero 27 May 202011 Jan 2023 I will talk about the year in five parts/posts: Scaling -> Governance, People, Technology Product Not Scaling -> COVID 19 May 2019 - The company had been without a VP…
Leadership… Software Engineering Leadership 16 Sep 20189 Mar 2023 Software Engineer leadership is where you lead/manage a number of software engineers, directly or via another manager(s). Your title could be Engineering lead, Software Engineer manager, R&D Manager, Director of…
Leadership… That you build Trust/psychological safety – Leadership by Example 9 Jul 201822 Sep 2022 Avoid surprises, ask curious not judgmental questions, build creditability, build reliability, show authenticity and share credit “When trust is extended, it breeds responsibility in return. Emulation and peer pressure regulates…
Leadership That you are Coachable – Leadership by Example 9 Jul 20182 Dec 2018 Good at listening, open to change, able to change, able to let go and good at reflection My best skill was that I was coachable. I was a sponge and…
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