Interviews with Software Managers in Product
Arnab Sen, Technical Delivery Manager at AKQA
“The switch to management can be highly rewarding and provide a level of independence, authority, and interactivity that a pure software engineering role may not offer.”
May 10, 2021 · #consulting #digital-marketing #e-commerce #product
Dhruv Agarwal, Engineering Manager at Shuttl
“Always think about the larger picture and not just the sprint at hand. Always question the rationale behind everything you or your team does in the context of the larger goal.”
Swaathi Kakarla, Co-founder & CTO at Skcript
“People management is not like giving instructions to a program, it’s more like training an AI model! It takes time and effort, you can’t judge on the first go.”
July 13, 2020 · #elixir #product #ruby-on-rails #web
Shubhodeep Mukherjee, Tech Lead at Paytm Insider
“I am surprised everyday with how different people work with each other so well, and help each other to achieve their goals.”
June 15, 2020 · #product #self-taught #web
Paul Kuruvilla, Engineering Manager at Shuttl
“I love envisioning what a product should be and building it from scratch. Building tiny apps that I use as a manager strikes the perfect balance between building things and managing those who do.”
March 23, 2020 · #consulting #payments #product #self-taught
James Meneghello, Engineering Manager at InterExchange
“A job is what you make of it, and you’ll enjoy your time in management much more if you go past the standard “check email, hold meetings” workflow.”
January 27, 2020 · #consulting #data-science #devops #distributed-teams #non-profit #product #remote
Arthur Sabintsev, Senior Manager of Software Engineering at Capital One
“Everything happens in real-time and a lot of it, especially at the beginning, comes down to following your gut instincts, which may not always be right.”
September 02, 2019 · #ios #mobile #product #self-taught
Brian Wheeler, Senior Director of Engineering at Braze
“I tremendously enjoy saving people’s time, helping them grow their responsibility and skill set, and creating environments where people can get things done.”
Arpan Sheth, Engineering Manager at Twitter
“Everyday I want to make sure that I have put my team in a place where they have clarity in terms of expectations and have all the tools / support they need to perform their job.”
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
Steffen Wenz, CTO at TrustYou GmbH
“Learning management skills will make you a more well-rounded employee, human being and maybe even set you up for entrepreneurship.”
January 07, 2019 · #data-science #natural-language-processing #product #web
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
Tom Bartel, Lead Engineer at Trivago
“The aspect that motivated me most about the role was seeing other people grow and do things that surprise you.”
Jeba Singh Emmanuel, Engineering Manager at Linkedin
“I didn’t let my role define me and did whatever was needed to make the project a success.”
Jigyasa Mathur, Engineering Manager at Contentful
“Be patient. It gets much easier and clearer. And there is way more to learn than you imagine when you begin.”
October 15, 2018 · #coaching #entrepreneurship #full-stack #product #startup
Karen Cohen, Engineering Manager & Product Architect at Wix.com
“Progress and change take time, you have to learn to be patient and look at it from a birds-eye view.”
September 10, 2018 · #architecture #devops #product #public-speaking