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Lead and Influence: Insights from an Ex-Uber Staff Engineer
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Lead and Influence: Insights from an Ex-Uber Staff Engineer

Gain valuable lessons on leadership and influence from the experiences of a former Uber Staff Engineer.

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This week we're doing something special! My friend and fellow writer Jordan Cutler, an amazing Senior Software Engineer and the author of the "High Growth Engineer", interviewed me. The topic was one near and dear to my heart: leadership at all levels. Enjoy! -
Irina Stanescu

👋 Intro to Irina

I interviewed

Irina Stanescu
, an ex-Uber Staff Engineer and writer of
The Caring Techie Newsletter
.

What makes Irina special?

Across Google and Uber, Irina progressed from a new-grad engineer to Staff Engineer, tech lead, and manager within 8 years.

She writes incredible advice on

The Caring Techie Newsletter
, and this past week I interviewed her live to discuss how to be a leader no matter your authority.


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A guest post by
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Staff Software Engineer turned hands-on leader and leadership coach. Ex-Google, ex-Uber. I write a weekly newsletter for leaders and ICs about leadership, tech culture, and building a thriving career in Tech.
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