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EPISODE · Mar 18, 2020 · 1H 22M

Engineer to manager and back again

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Lauren Tan joined us to talk about her blog post titled "Does it spark joy?" In this post Lauren shared the news of her resignation as an engineering manager at Netflix to return to being a software engineer. We examine the career trajectory of a software engineer and the seemingly inevitable draw to management for continued career growth. The idea of understanding "What are you optimizing for?" and whether or not what you're doing _truly_ brings you joy.

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