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Episode 21: Silvia Botros (Twilio-Sendgrid)

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In this episode, rachel, Kendall, and Silvia talk about:

  • How nobody ever reads documentation beforehand
  • The sad state of education
  • What terrible handwriting might offer us in terms of improving our communication habits
  • rachel's inability to remember the term "career ladder"
  • The importance of identifying and codifying hierarchies as your flat org begins to grow
  • Discovering the Individual Contributor leadership track
  • What leadership means for the Principal Engineer and how this varies at scale
  • The value of providing historical context for your colleagues
  • Dudes on Twitter, an eternal plague etc
  • Becoming comfortable about delegation as a method of self-preservation
  • Making the choice to remain an Individual Contributor
  • ...and realizing you're a leader anyway
  • Wielding authority for good, not judgement of errors
  • Transferring incident response skills to one's home life
  • Why leadership does not equal management

You can find Silvia on twitter as @dbsmasher
You can find Silvia's recent blog post here: https://blog.dbsmasher.com/2019/01/28/on-being-a-principal-engineer.html

Special thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music <3

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Content provided by Rachel Perkins and Kendall Miller, Rachel Perkins, and Kendall Miller. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Rachel Perkins and Kendall Miller, Rachel Perkins, and Kendall Miller or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://player.fm/legal.

In this episode, rachel, Kendall, and Silvia talk about:

  • How nobody ever reads documentation beforehand
  • The sad state of education
  • What terrible handwriting might offer us in terms of improving our communication habits
  • rachel's inability to remember the term "career ladder"
  • The importance of identifying and codifying hierarchies as your flat org begins to grow
  • Discovering the Individual Contributor leadership track
  • What leadership means for the Principal Engineer and how this varies at scale
  • The value of providing historical context for your colleagues
  • Dudes on Twitter, an eternal plague etc
  • Becoming comfortable about delegation as a method of self-preservation
  • Making the choice to remain an Individual Contributor
  • ...and realizing you're a leader anyway
  • Wielding authority for good, not judgement of errors
  • Transferring incident response skills to one's home life
  • Why leadership does not equal management

You can find Silvia on twitter as @dbsmasher
You can find Silvia's recent blog post here: https://blog.dbsmasher.com/2019/01/28/on-being-a-principal-engineer.html

Special thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music <3

  continue reading

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