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Calm’s Will Larson on how to build a technical leadership career

Intercom, Inc.

As it turns out, he’s also quite the writer – since the last time we spoke , he has published not one but two books on engineering. After writing An Elegant Puzzle about the challenges of engineering management in high-growth organizations, his focus shifted to a career path that’s much less understood – the technical leadership track.

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week: May 3, 2019

SaaStr

Before that Manny was a Senior Product Manager @ Amazon where he engineered the compensation system for Amazon Associates and Web-Services which accounts for 15% of Amazon’s traffic. Why does Manny believe that you should not have a VP before $5m? How does Manny fundamentally approach managing top of funnel?

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170+ Women in Sales Share Their Career-Defining Aha Moment

Sales Hacker

It has little to do with the work itself, and more to do with the societal pressure, norms, and bias that exist in 2021. We’re often encouraged to hide, toughen up, and bury our emotions. The expectation is that we can “do it all.” Anything less is failure. For lack of better words…f*ck that. Heck, stand at the head of it.

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PODCAST 135: Pushing Through the Zone of Discomfort Towards Personal Growth with AJ Bruno

Sales Hacker

He was also the co-founder and president of a company called TrendKite. The key inflection moments along a journey of growth [14:25]. Figuring out customer centricity [18:55]. The acquisition process [21:55]. What’s broken with compensation plans? [26:28]. Who influenced AJ [33:28]. Sam’s Corner [35:50]. Show Introduction [00:02].