A while back, a group of us were trying to figure out what separates fast-rising Staff Engineers from Senior Engineers. We thought it counterintuitive that the answer wasn’t always tied to technical skills.

Instead, all the Staff Engineers demonstrated crucial leadership through the successful project management of their projects.

Interested in how we could level the playing field by giving engineers access to additional leadership training, we did lots of research with Northeastern University on what good project management is — trying to figure out how Product Managers and Engineers could leverage these skills, even without a dedicated project manager…

This article is based on a talk by Alexandra Dickinson, CEO of Ask For It, at South by Southwest (SXSW) 2018. Her negotiation framework was originally made available to Platinum and Interactive Badge holders for an admission price of $1,395 per person. After the talk, the notes were shared widely among women in tech with the goal of closing the wage gap through salary negotiations. At Google, I used some of these tips to successfully re-negotiate my own pay and indirectly increased the salaries of several of my fellow long-tenured peers as well.

This has been updated in 2020 for…

PROGRAM MANAGEMENT TIPS & TRICKS

☀️ Purpose

I use this document to teach prospective learners a rapid approach to automating the follow-up and status reporting of Applications and Referrals in Greenhouse. Making those statuses available in 1-many Slack channels creates consistency and transparency across your company and best of all, saves Recruiters precious time.

The solution presented here can be used as a working prototype as is, or even turned into a fully-fledged corporate Slack app. Conservatively, this saves recruiting 2 hours of manual data collection and note-taking every week. …

After leaving Google a year ago, I’ve become more aware of how the rest of the world operates. One thing that’s been quite surprising is that lots of schools, businesses, enterprises, and startups are using Google Forms or Google Classroom for public processes. Not just for kid stuff like turning in homework, but also for doing business-critical functions like lead generation, market research, and even VC-fund investor sign-ups!

To be honest, after years of using Google Forms for only internal processes, at first, I thought, Jeez, these companies must not have a lot of budget to be forced to use…

Time’s Up on the Gender Pay Gap: How to Negotiate in 2018

Dan's Editorial: This talk was presented and made available to Platinum and Interactive Badge holders between March 13–21, at SXSW 2018, for an admission price of $1,395 per person. After the talk, it was shared widely among women in tech with the goal of closing the wage gap through salary negociation. At Google, I used some of these tips to successfully re-negociate my own pay and indirectly increased the salaries of several of my fellow long-tenured peers, as well 🙌🏼

Speaker: Alexandra Dickinson, CEO of Ask For It, a columnist for Forbes
Notes by: Janine Kahn, Editorial Strategist, Airbnb

Negotiation Framework

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PASSIVE INCOME STREAMS

COVID-19 Hiring Resources

Many successful people know the importance of well-written referrals when it comes to hiring. When you can help your company find talent and vouch for someone’s experience by writing a reference, you make an outsized impact at the company while simultaneously helping someone get connected with hiring managers. I found out recently that the industry standard is that ~46% of all hires begin with a referral.

That’s right, ~46% of all hires begin with a referral!

That said, writing an excellent referral requires time, thoughtfulness, and empathy. …