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Reddit’s Nick Caldwell on engineering leadership

Intercom, Inc.

He had to quickly determine which team members displayed a potential for leadership and teach them the fundamentals of management so they could make new hires and scale – without ruining the culture. Find a sponsor , not a mentor — someone who is in the room when opportunities arise and makes sure your name comes up.

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Meet BetterCloud’s New VP of Quality, Daniel Waithe

BetterCloud

Secondarily, I had a chance to chat with [CTO Jamie Tischart ] even before he joined the company. It didn’t take me long to say, “Oh yeah, this is a leader I definitely want to work with and learn from.” Were there any mentors that helped you get to where you are today? That was very exciting to me. I like this question.

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The Analyst Career Path

Casey Accidental

Technology companies are rapidly hiring analyst roles to pair with their product teams. And while my previous post discussed how to hire analysts and structure their teams within organizations, I haven’t written about how analysts should approach their careers. Option 2: Become an Analytics Manager.

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How to Use M&A as a Tool to Accelerate Growth Feat. Insight Venture Partners (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

And this is not just about something you do in a later stage, when you raise that $120,000,000 that PJ from Sherpa had done, but something you can do at the series A stage when you’re doing small hires to build out your team. I used to be a CTO and operator, co-founder of a SaaS start up. One other thing would be talent pickup.