Management

When thinking about how your tech salary stacks up in this current hiring environment you’d consider factors like your job title, years of experience, and company size.  In this article we...

Hired & Exponent Partner for Engineering Career Advice Video Series Hired recently completed a video series with our partner Exponent, featuring three of our talented engineers: Nico...

In a world of increasing opportunity, economic mobility, and openness, companies are learning (many of them the hard way) that inclusivity and diversity are not only good for employees—but also for...

As the manager of a software development team, you spend a lot of time looking for ways to get the most out of your developers. And like any human being, software developers are at their most...

If you’ve been working your way up in your company—whether you’re at a small startup with less defined levels or a big corporate with more rigid structures—you might be curious to try your hand at...

Most product managers find it challenging to balance internal stakeholder feedback with what customers are asking for. Throw in business and market requirements and you can understand why so many...

Imposter syndrome has become a bit of a buzzword in many tech and business circles—but it’s not without reason. The data shows that only a small minority of tech workers (of both genders!) remain...

Agile is not just a buzzword. Being agile is everything I do and live for as a PM. In this fast moving and uber-competitive industry, agility is how you stay ahead of market expectations and...

Many of us know how tough it can be to miss out on a promotion—particularly when your colleagues are celebrating their own successes from a recent round of performance reviews. So when you manage a...

Whether you’re a startup founder, an HR executive, or even a concerned employee trying to make your company’s culture better, you’ll know that there’s no one right answer to the question of how to...

It’s inevitable that employees who spend the majority of their time together talk amongst themselves—and most of the time, that’s a good thing; building strong personal relationships can lead to...

If you lead a team, chances are you selected each of them—at least in part—because they seemed excited about the prospect of the role. For many people, this excitement wears off over time, but team...

Poorly-run meetings can be the bane of employees’ existence at work—and particularly so if they’re on the technical side of things, as time spent in meetings means less time building new products....

Like it or not, many managers are under-trained and unprepared for the new role they find themselves in. The high urgency environment of rapid growth companies creates an atmosphere where it’s more...

What is Agile? Agile is a philosophy for approaching software development that focuses on fast, iterative development cycles. The method is based on software delivery over documentation,...

When a developer has code on their screen, how do you know they are putting in effective work? Or, more fundamentally, how do you know they are even working on your product? Managing a contractor’s...

Congratulations! You’ve been selected to lead a team and you’re excited about the opportunity ahead. You should be! But you may have already realized that managing a group of people comes with new...

Change is one of the hardest things for humans to handle. We crave stability and fear the unknown. This is especially true when it comes to our livelihoods. But companies must always be adapting...

No matter how much goal-setting, mission-driving, motivating, and process implementation you do, your team will invariably find itself dealing with setbacks. Setbacks come in many forms....

Conflict can be a stressful experience, but it doesn’t need to be. A healthy resolution to a conflict is actually a way to bolster any type of relationship, personal or professional. It develops...

We break Engineering Manager interview questions down to work history, the open role, and behavioral situations Congratulations! You have an interview to become an engineering manager. That’s...

It’s no secret that finding good software engineers isn’t easy. But finding a good Chief Technology Officer, or CTO, is a whole new type of difficulty. As a person in an executive-level position who...

Everyone knows that relentless focus and prioritization are table stakes in managing a product to success. But as the product grows, and the list of priorities grows with it, it can become...

Cross-functional teams consist of people from different functional roles who operate to deliver a certain project or meet a specific goal. A team may, for example, consist of a product manager,...