Leadership insights, thoughts from lived experiences and readings
I finished today Ben Horowitz's latest book that was published last month - What You Do Is Who You Are: How to Create Your Business Culture This is another good book from Ben although I would rate his classic The Hard Thing About Hard Things much higher. He talks about business culture and how to shape… Continue reading What You Do Is Who You Are by Ben Horowitz
There are plenty of resources on how to succeed as an engineering manager. But there is not enough to tell you about how not to fail. I read the article by Brad Armstrong recently which outlined some very important ones. I recommend you read and try these out. Here is the list which mentions, DO… Continue reading How not to fail as an Engineering Manager
Last year I finished 2 books that told the stories of Sillicon Valley startups in ways that I liked very much - The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz and Zero to One by Peter Thiel. This April another book came up but I couldn't make time to read it until now. I just finished the… Continue reading Trillion Dollar Coach: The Leadership Playbook of Silicon Valley’s Bill Campbell
Interviewer: We are a Bay Area startup. We have flexible work hours and lots of perks. Do you have any question? Candidate: As you spoke about flexibility, what is your “Work From Home” policy. Interviewer: Oh, you can work from home at nights and weekends!
I joined Marqeta today as Engineering Manager of Payments Platform. My last day at Roku was last Friday. It has been a nice one year and four months at Roku, working with some very cool AWS technologies along with Java based MicroServices. However, I wanted to try out engineering management and was looking for a… Continue reading Joined Marqeta as Engineering Manager, Payments Platform
My short technical review at G2Crown on Amazon Aurora - https://www.g2crowd.com/products/amazon-aurora/reviews/amazon-aurora-review-1434493
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