Interviews with Software Managers in Frontend


Anand Safi, Engineering Manager at Mark43

“I very well understand where my interests lie, which is being an enabler first and then a creator rather than being a creator/ maker 100%.”

July 19, 2021 · #coaching #frontend #full-stack #public-safety

James Bedford, Engineering Manager at Attest

“So many wait to be given permission to lead, however there is nothing stopping you from learning good management practices no matter what seniority level you are at.”

February 15, 2021 · #consumer-research #fintech #frontend #web

Monica Lent, Founder at Blogging for Devs

“You have to have the big picture in mind. And that often requires sacrificing things you feel are important, for things that are more important in the grand scheme of things.”

February 01, 2021 · #fintech #frontend #self-taught

Karthik Kotha, Engineering Manager at Kroger

“I have learned to track my impact in other ways, by the number of meaningful 1:1s, the number of blockers removed for my teams, and active participation in meetings.”

September 21, 2020 · #e-commerce #frontend #startup

Nicole Tibaldi, Engineering Manager at Gatsby

“I’ve been able to witness the process of a group of individuals becoming a real “team”, one where everyone truly cares about one another and shares a common goal.”

March 09, 2020 · #cloud #frontend #full-stack

Paweł Komarnicki, Co-founder & CTO at Vila Health

“As long as everyone keeps being constructive, mindful and kind, even the most polarizing ideas, opinions and approaches will lead to amazing results.”

December 02, 2019 · #backend #frontend #health-tech #mentorship

Alexander von Franqué, Author at Hiring Engineers

“Work hard on constantly improving yourself, listen more than you speak and most importantly, practice empathy.”

February 18, 2019 · #augmented-reality #frontend #product #startup #systems-programming

Ahmed El Gabri, Principal Software Developer at Lightspeed

“First, be a good listener and second, understand how to send a message in a way that the other person will understand it in the way that you want.”

December 17, 2018 · #frontend #product #self-taught #web

Ana Ulin, Staff Software Engineer at Abl Schools

“Seeing all our collective work come together as we make progress towards whatever we’re building is hugely satisfying.”

December 03, 2018 · #android #frontend #remote #web

Gergely Nemeth, Engineering Manager at Uber

“It is not about shipping features anymore, but about unblocking team members and help them in any way you can so they can be productive and happy.”

November 12, 2018 · #consulting #entrepreneurship #frontend #open-source #public-speaking

Joan Gamell, Staff Front-end Engineer at Slack

“Becoming a manager is not easy at first, but can be very rewarding as long as you take pride and pleasure in building highly performant teams.”

October 29, 2018 · #frontend #web

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