In this panel discussion, we’ll explore a number of senior leaders’ perspectives on how to approach one’s own personal development. In addition to sharing their experiences, they will also contribute key tips and tricks that they use to invest in and develop themselves and their teams and colleagues. Plenty of great advice here for ICs and managers alike!
Meri is a geek, a manager, and a manager of geeks. They are a CTO and also runs micro-consultancy ChromeRose, helping digital and technical teams be brilliant.
Duretti Hirpa is a writer and Staff Engineer based in San Francisco, California. She’s a ten-year veteran of the technology industry.
Anjuan Simmons is a technologist with a successful track record of delivering technology solutions from the user interface to the database.
What do you need to be able to demonstrate to get promoted to a staff engineer?
Allison Malloy shares the secret sauce to building high-performing teams that thrive in any economic climate. You will learn practical strategies to keep growing your team’s careers (as well as your own), retain your top talent, bolster morale, and get shit done!
Chris Jimenez covers topics of providing clarity to yourself and finding energy and motivation to rebuild as a leader, providing clarity to your teammates and different ways of offering support, organization re-structure with the intent of bringing people together with a clear scope, and tips and tricks on rebuilding the culture and team cohesion.
Nicky Thompson's talk is aimed at engineers, tech leads, managers, humans - anyone who makes decisions. Making better decisions is a skill that you can improve on, and this talk will introduce some ways to do that.
