Navigating the Engineering Career Paths

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DESCRIPTION: Brian talks with Uma Chingunde (@the_umac, Engineering Manager at @Stripe) about engineering career paths as an IC or Manager, how managers can be effective mentors, job rotations, and how diversity is an opportunity for every team. 

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SHOW INTERVIEW LINKS:

Uma Chingunde’s Background: https://conferences.oreilly.com/velocity/vl-ca/public/schedule/speaker/336620

• Navigating the Mid-Career Plateau (Uma’s Velocity Talk)
• Stripe Homepage - Online payment processing for internet businesses

SHOW NOTES:

Topic 1 - Welcome to the show. Tell us about your background, as well as some of the things you’re working on these days at Stripe. 

Topic 2 -  We’ve discussed the career mindset of people more on the sales/marketing side of companies, but you’re beginning to look at this within engineering teams. Let’s start with the framework of how you think about that for yourself and then for people within your team. 

Topic 3 - What are traditional vs non traditional IC and manager paths you can explore?

Topic 4 - How do you think about the engineer vs manager track? Does it always have to be these two options, or are you seeing other paths, maybe more senior options as an IC?

Topic 5 - What are some variations on the above for underrepresented groups?

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