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ENGINEER, CAN YOU HEAR THE CUSTOMER HEARTBEAT?

Futurelab

Ever tried to convince engineers they are doing something wrong? What do these consultants know about engineering anyway? However, the issue at hand was not bad engineering, it was poor commercialization. #NoBullshitCX #20yearsFuturelab “Consumers should care. Check that.”

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Algolia’s Sarah Dayan on what sets a staff plus engineer apart

Intercom, Inc.

When you reach senior level on an engineering track, you’re expected to be optimal in your hard skill set. Despite not having a formal education in engineering, Sarah landed a job as a developer in the French consultant Grand Manitou. Then, four years ago, in 2018, she got a job at Algolia as a software engineer.

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Is your engineering team experiencing alert fatigue? Ask these 8 questions

Intercom, Inc.

Alert fatigue is a common problem among engineering teams that handle operations and maintain infrastructure. The result is lots of semi-meaningful alerts, noise, context-switching, and multitasking for the on-call engineer. Are the steps clear enough to be followed by any engineer on the team? Is the alert still relevant?

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Do you need a call recorder or a recording engine?

Callminer

Which came first, the call recorder or the recording engine? Honestly, it doesn't matter as they serve to very different use cases. Read more about each in this new blog.

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Fuel the Engine of Product Growth with an Impeccable Framing Model

Speaker: Scott Sehlhorst - President, Tyner Blain

For this model to work, your product has to be genuinely desirable to the users you want to engage as the company's engine of growth. Participants in this webinar will learn: A framing model of the key decisions that give a product a chance to succeed and fuel the engine of growth.

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Better engineering through management – the surprising benefits of becoming a manager

Intercom, Inc.

In the Engineering org, we’ve thought deeply about how to foster long-term growth opportunities for people. Like some companies, our progression track for engineers splits in two after senior engineer – either continuing as an IC at staff or principal levels, or taking a turn into people management. Engineering career path.

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Four steps to building engaged engineering teams

Intercom, Inc.

During my experience as an Engineering Manager, I’ve learned a lot of lessons about how to build engaged teams (as well as how not to build them!). I was a stickler for doing things in certain ways and didn’t do enough to bring people along with my thinking, and I burned some trust with some of my engineers in doing so.