Lead Time Chats
Duretti Hirpa on mentoring junior and mid-level engineers
Episode Summary
Jean Hsu, VP of Engineering at Range, talks to Duretti Hirpa, a principal engineer at Zipper, about mentoring and coaching junior and mid-level engineers.
Episode Notes
Jean Hsu, VP of Engineering at Range, talks to Duretti Hirpa, a principal engineer at Zipper, about mentoring and coaching junior and mid-level engineers.
Jean and Duretti discuss:
- What junior and mid-level engineers most need.
- Why women and people of color can't always take the advice they're given
- What it means to be over-mentored and under-sponsored
- The difference in level-setting when you're coming into a new company vs. going up for promotion
- How internal promotions can be highly political
- What engineering managers can do to best support people earlier in their career