Javier, head of engineering for a Fortune 500 company, stared at his computer screen, not seeing it. Instead, he saw most of his engineering staff lynching him in response to ...
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Norma, chief technology officer for a midsize startup, stared at her computer screen in disbelief. “My people need how much money?” she said. “That’s like five times the budget I ...
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Meredith, head of engineering for a good-size software company, sat in the local coffee house. Not that she drank coffee—she’d never even tried the stuff. But the aroma…it brought back ...
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Tommy, lead engineer for the skunkworks project his company had going, sat at his desk, frustrated. “I have tried everything I can think of to simplify this code, and I ...
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Mindy, head of engineering for an enterprise software company, was angry with herself. “I went into that meeting with such intention to be calm. Listen to what my team suggests. ...
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Damon, head of engineering for a small startup, shook his head in frustration. “I’m never going to find the engineers I need,” he told himself. “The candidates with the technical ...
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Chloe, head of engineering for a small software startup, knocked on Jacob’s door. Jacob, her chief technology officer, looked up and motioned her in. “What can I do you for?” ...
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Marvin, chief technology officer of a large software company, shuffled cards as he explained the game to Robin and Alya, his newly hired directors of engineering. Kenneth, Marvin’s director of ...
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Mona, director of engineering for a mid-size software startup, sat in her office, depressed. “I have five more hours to make the biggest decision of my life,” she said to ...
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Bartholomew, chief technology officer for a midsize software company, stared at his speech for the upcoming company meeting. What was supposed to be his speech for the upcoming company meeting, ...
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Jamey, director of engineering at a small startup, was talking with Debra, his coach. “Everything feels toxic,” Jamey told Debra. “My work no longer excites me. I used to be ...
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Raul, Daisy, Darya, and Sam were each the chief technology officer of their respective companies. Thrown together at a leadership retreat, they had spent most of a week in each ...