⭐️Why I mentor
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💫 Breaking into tech
🛰️ Working remotely for the first time
📜 Writing docs people will read
👀 Dealing with imposter syndrome
🛂 Being an immigrant in tech
💻 Running effective meetings
🏆 Effective technical leadership
🎨 Coding as craft
🚀 Launching products and measuring success
👩🏽💻 Launching side projects
💻 Managing remotely
💰 Negotiating a promotion/offer
💫 Managing up, down and around
🖌 Resume and portfolio review
🧙🏽♂️ Being self taught
🌱 Technical career paths
💞 Working in cross functional teams
👨👩👦👦 Having a family in tech
📝 Writing code with confidence
👩👩👦👦 Team happiness & productivity
🐣 Becoming a people manager
🗺️ The technical or people track?
💨 Changing roles
😰 Managing burnout
💬 Giving and receiving feedback
🌟 Preparing for the next level
🏃 Getting the most out of my internship
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Heather was patient and insightful and was able to help me clarify an approach I was circling around in order to identify the best path forward.
✍️ Recent Answers
How do you tackle moving into your first manager/leadership role?
Bluntly - it's not enough to show initiative. You have to tell your manager that you want to be promoted and take on a leadership role. Be explicit and make the case for it. Or apply to a leadership position at another organization.
