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Sarah Persov talking about why ‘#women in tech’ is not just about women in #tech: for women 80% of the job criteria have to be met, for people who identify as male this is 40%, she says. #ctocraft #leadership

After spending a bit of time (re)settling in at Epic, we're now working on staffing up for our exciting Disney/Epic collaboration. I'm currently looking for core development staff across pretty much all gameplay disciplines. The project is ambitious and should have something for everyone, as you might expect from the wide array of incredible IPs that exist within the Disney ecosystem. Please take a look at our careers page for openings and feel free to reach out to me if you've worked with me before or don't see your content/gameplay dev role listed on the careers page (yet!). https://lnkd.in/e4VH3mKb

The Top 50 Women Leaders in SaaS of 2023 The Software Report is pleased to announce The Top 50 Women Leaders in SaaS of 2023. The Software as a Service (SaaS) sector is undergoing an extraordinary boom, solidifying its role as a pivotal force for businesses worldwide. Therese Tucker (BlackLine), Kim Crawford Goodman (Smarsh), Jana Hey (WorkWave), Katherine Kostereva (Creatio), Renee Krug (Transflo), Elizabeth Harz (Veriato), Roli Saxena (NextRoll), Paula Hansen (Alteryx), Hope Krutz (EAB), Susan St. Ledger (HashiCorp), Stephanie Buckner (Altair), Fay Sien Goon (AppFolio, Inc.), Cathie Hall (IFS), Audrey Gato (Phreesia), Divya Ghatak (SentinelOne), Nikki Brewer (PROS), Charanya Kannan (Talkdesk), Jennifer Griffin Smith (Acquia), Christina Augustine (Bloomreach), Tara Ataya (Hootsuite), Faiza Hughell (Tebra), Michelle Engle (UserTesting), Anneliese Schulz (Syncron), Jeaneen Andrews-Feldman (Simpli.fi), Christine Kaszubski (Pindrop), Brook McShane Bock (Lightspeed Systems), Katie Gross (Suzy), Carey Lewis (Island), Steph Do (Tropic), Jennifer Murphy (StarTree), Lauren Thames (Clearwave Corporation), Kristie Invie (Amplifire eLearning), Praneet Gill (Kore.ai), Jane Moran (Benevity), Debbie Lillitos (Vena Solutions), Jacqueline Cook (Vendasta), Shirley Grill-Rachman (Skai), Renuka Nadkarni (Aryaka), Kristina Agassi (Sisense), Cheryl Michael (CentralReach), Rachel Simone (CallMiner), Nicole Sundin (Axio), Jessica Reeves (Anaconda), Renan Gutman (Kaltura), Kathryn Carlson (Riskonnect), Tara Asquith (SoftPro), Jill Brown (People.ai), Danielle Cheah (Improbable), Ruchika Chopra (Illumio), Judie Endemann (Docupace), Verity Myers (Thought Machine). Sign up for our free email newsletter at https://lnkd.in/gNqDJab #software #saas https://lnkd.in/gn3MHwuz

A pleasure to have worked on this deal and congrats to everyone at The Multiplayer Group (MPG) on the start of an exciting new chapter! (And thank you to an amazing team of Evangelia Nitti Niha Redknap Michael Spooner Adam Pepelasis James Taine Alex Edmondson Michael Sweeney and so many others who have worked crazy hours these past few weeks to get this over the line before Christmas!) https://lnkd.in/eqkP9jF5

3 reasons why great Engineering Managers don't code. In 2018, I changed professions without realizing it. It wasn't an abrupt change. I didn't switch companies, nor did I stop what I was doing. All that happened was that I got promoted to Head of Development. The problem was with my assumptions about the new role. I thought that in order to be a great Engineering Manager, I should keep coding and lead people on top. This assumption was, at the very least, misplaced. To lead an engineering team, you need to understand what is going on. You have to speak the language, understand the challenges your team is facing, and guide them through complex problems. But to be great at what you do, you need to let go of your past responsibilities. 1 - You lack the focus to code. Being an Engineering Manager is a full time job. Between meetings with stakeholders, catering for your team's needs and planning for the future, there is very little time for anything else. Writing code requires large uninterrupted blocks of time. And juggling everything that needs your attention is going to be your new job. There is simply no space in your schedule to write good code. 2 - You have a conflict of interest. If you can find time to code only a few things, there's a chance that you will pick up the fun stuff. All developers have tasks they love and tasks they hate. Most often in a team, the fun & boring stuff is common. Adding new features or trying new tech is cool, while debugging that pesky issue which happens only on the 3rd of the month is annoying. And because you have the authority to choose first, it is very likely that you will end up stealing the fun things away from your team. 3 - You are no longer the expert. Writing good code is a conscious & continuous practice. Day by day, you're practicing less and your coding skills will get rusty. Your ego will tell you that you still have the chops for it. But this stubborn fixation will only hurt your team. Either because you become a bottleneck for delivering value or simply because your code is not as good as your colleagues'. This is a hard pill to swallow. The best insights, initiatives & deliverables of my team, came from languages & frameworks that I am not even able to write in. We need to trust & respect the dedication & self-improvement efforts of the people we work with. Being an Engineering Manager is a different job, not simply code++. This post was made with Typeshare.co