REFACTR.TECH 2022
2022-09-14..2022-09-16
Atlanta, United States
[REFACTR.TECH 2019, REFACTR.TECH 2021, REFACTR.TECH 2022, REFACTR.TECH 2023]
who it's for
staff software engineers, senior software engineers, engineering managers, tech leads, developer relations professionals, product managers
topics
DevRel career ladder; interviewer skills and rubrics; engineering versus management model; cognitive behavioral reframing; mid career recovery plans; breaking into product management; ramping into staff roles; HBCU recruitment partnerships; career ladder and leveling; mock interview workshops
| title | author | length |
|---|---|---|
| Forging Your Career in DevRel Advocate to Exec | Kim Maida | 40m |
Maps a concrete DevRel career path from engineer to VP with real company examples (Cloudinary, Ionic, Gatsby, Auth0) and a repeatable content pipeline: sample… | ||
| Interviewer Skills Hiring the Best Teammates | Pete Holiday | 42m |
Claim: poor interviewer technique costs hires and stretches processes. Concrete steps: block time before and after the slot, read the job description, write… | ||
| Engineering + Management != Engineering Management | Sangeeta Nori | 51m |
Argues that engineering plus management is not engineering management and defines a three-piece model: engineering, business/OKR work, and a people layer that… | ||
| Reframing Shame & Embracing Mistakes | Jameson Hampton | 38m |
Explains how to reframe shame using cognitive behavioral therapy techniques: spot automatic thoughts, use the ABC model, list common cognitive distortions and… | ||
| Navigating the Mid Tech Career Crisis | Yolanda Davis | 48m |
A mid‑career engineer nearly hands in a resignation called "peace out" after waking up apathetic, racing heart and impulsive decision making, then accepts a… | ||
| Breaking Into Product Management | Alison Falk | 39m |
Clear, actionable path to land a PM job: four core skills — empathy, detective thinking, time management, negotiation — with concrete tactics (paraphrase asks… | ||
| Are You Ready To Level Up | Krystal Smith Moore | 39m |
Starts with a checklist: write a dated list of what's bothering you, separate changeable items from dealbreakers, and track progress in use Notion to track a… | ||
| About That Glass Ceiling | Bryan Liles | 42m |
A VP-level engineer at a public company is one of five Black VPs at a 40,000-person public company and frames ADHD and celiac as gifts, using ADHD hyperfocus… | ||
| Interview Prep for the Culture | Thomas Moore | 57m |
Starts a sustained recruitment program with FAMU using whiteboarding workshops, resume reviews and mock interviews, asks for 10% of time from employers to run… | ||
| How to Hit the Ground Running as a Staff + Software Engineer at a New Company | Erin Doyle | 42m |
Advice for ramping into a Staff+ role that gives concrete tactics and cautions: accept T-shaped expectations, schedule early immersion meetings with key… | ||
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