Managers Club, Interviews and Resources for Engineering Managers

In this interview, with Ashok Ramaraj, Senior Engineering Manager at Sam's Club (Walmart), we discuss going from IC to engineering manager, should I get an MBA, and many lessons learned.

In this interview & podcast, with Jossie Haines, Senior Director, Platform Engineering at Tile, we discuss diversity and inclusion, women in tech, going from IC to engineering manager, and time management.

Vidal: Today I have with me Trish Gray. Welcome, Trish, to Manager’s Club. Trish: Thanks, Vidal. It’s great to be here. Vidal: Thanks. It’s great to have you. Trish, maybe we could start out a little bit … maybe you could tell people a little bit about your current role and what you do. Trish: Yeah. Currently, I’m the head of business growth at Pinterest. Growth is a discip...

Vidal: Well, today, I have Lavanya Ramani with me. Lavanya, thank you for joining ManagersClub today. Lavanya: Thank you, Vidal, this is a great opportunity. I appreciate this. What’s your background and how did you get into management? Vidal: Maybe we could start a little bit, tell us about your background, maybe what you do now, how you got into management. Tell us a little bit about yourself? L...

Vidal: So, today I have with me, Rukmini Reddy. Hi Rukmini, welcome to Manager’s Club. RUKMINI: Thank you, Vidal. Thank you so much for having me. Vidal: My pleasure. Rukmini could you start out, maybe tell us a little about your current role, what you do. RUKMINI: Absolutely. So, I’m currently the VP of Engineering at a hyper-growth startup in the Bay area. I lead a team of about 45 e...

Vidal: Today I have Vishal Saxena here with me on the show. Welcome to Managers Club, Vishal. VISHAL: Thank you for inviting me. I’m looking forward to our discussion. It’s great to be here. What’s your background? Vidal: Awesome. Maybe you could start out a little bit. Tell us a little about your current role, what you do, I guess a little bit of background on yourself. VISHAL: Sure....

Vidal: Good afternoon, Pei-Chin. Thank you. Well, welcome to the show. Thanks for joining me today. PEI-CHIN: Thank you. Vidal: Could you maybe introduce yourself, say a little bit about where you’re located and what your current role is? PEI-CHIN: Yeah, so I work at Redfin and we help people buy and sell homes. Currently, I’m a senior director of product at Redfin, leading our consume...

Vidal: Good morning, Randy. Welcome to the Manager’s Club show. How are you? RANDY: Thank you. It’s great to be here. I’m doing well. Tell us about Yourself Vidal: Maybe we could start off, tell us about your background. Well actually where do you work now? What’s your current role? RANDY: Sure, I’m the vice president of information security at Veterans United Home Lo...

Vidal: Hey, so good afternoon. Today I want to welcome Federico Soria or “Fede.” Fede, thank you so much for joining the show today. FEDE: Thank you for having me. Vidal: Fede, could you maybe tell people a little bit where you work and what your role is? Tell us about Yourself FEDE: Yeah, for sure. I’m an engineering manager for the Luxe hosting platform team. So basically Luxe,...

Vidal: Welcome Eugene. It’s great to have you here on the show. How are you today? EUGENE: Hi Vidal. Thank you for having me here. Tell us about Yourself Vidal: Could you tell me a little bit about your role and what does Xero do? EUGENE: I’m VP of engineering in San Francisco office of Xero. Xero is online accounting system for small businesses. We provide the whole spectrum of tools on web...

Vidal: Good afternoon. I have with me today Ravi Bhim. Hi, Ravi, welcome to the show. RAVI: Thank you, Vidal. Nice to be here. Tell us about Yourself Vidal: Ravi, maybe you could tell people a little about your role and what Beautiful Code does. And by the way, I love the name, cool name. RAVI: Thank you. Yeah, so I am the founder of Beautiful Code. I set up Beautiful Code in 2013. And the company...

Vidal: Hello, my name is Vidal Graupera and welcome to this interview on Managers Club. Today I have a special interview with my friend Akshaya, Director of Engineering at Bolt . Among other things, we are going to deep dive into context switching, task management and some of the special things he does to stand out in recruiting which you may find interesting if you don’t work at a big name...

Location: San Francisco Bay Area * What’s your background and how did you get into management? * What are the biggest challenges you face? * What is your approach to hiring? * What’s your advice for managers who are just starting out? * What’s your workday like and how do you manage your time, emails, etc.? * What’s a personal habit that contributes to your success? * Share...

Vidal: Well, thanks. Good morning, Juan Pablo. Thank you so much for speaking to me today. JUAN PABLO: Morning, Vidal. How are you? Vidal: I’m great, thanks. Could you maybe start, maybe tell people a little about your current role and where you’re located? JUAN PABLO: Sure. I live in New York City. I moved here from Colombia about 10 years ago. I’m currently the VP of Engineerin...

* What’s your background and how did you get into management? * What are the biggest challenges you face? * What is your approach to hiring? * What’s your advice for managers who are just starting out? * What’s your workday like and how do you manage your time, emails, etc.? * What’s a personal habit that contributes to your success? * Share an internet resource or tool tha...