Lead Time Chats
Dan Na on Pushing through Friction
Episode Summary
In this episode of Lead Time Chats, Jean Hsu, VP of Engineering at Range, chats with Dan Na, Senior Engineering Manager at Squarespace, about pushing through friction.
Episode Notes
In this episode of Lead Time Chats, Jean Hsu, VP of Engineering at Range, chats with Dan Na, Senior Engineering Manager at Squarespace, about pushing through friction.
Dan and Jean chat about:
- The inevitable friction that arises in fast-growing teams and companies
- Mindsets for thinking about pushing through friction as part of the job
- The normalization of deviance and how it shows up on engineering teams
- Focusing on what you can control vs. being a victim of your circumstances
- When and how burnout shows up, and frameworks for alleviating or avoiding it.
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