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How to Wield Data and Empathy to Build an Inclusive Team

Jossie Haines, VP Of Engineering and Head of DEI at Tile along with Anand Safi, Engineering Leader at Mark43, share the importance of building an inclusive team along with some of the best practices from her experience.

Retaining Diverse Talent

Jossie Haines, VP of Engineering and Head of DEI at Tile, uncovers how to retain diverse talent by emphasizing the importance of impact job descriptions and bias busters, among others.

Top Three Books That Should Be on Your Summer Reading List

Herman Man, CPO at BlueVine, picks his three ever-favorites -- ranging from fresh-from-the-press to classic must-reads -- that will make your summer packed with inspiring and worthwhile advice.

5 things that break while rapidly scaling tech-organizations (And how to fix them)

Learnings on how to grow your team, processes, organization, and more from Dave Burgess (Head of Data Engineering at Pinterest) & Derek Knudsen (CTO at Alteryx)

4 game-changing feedback loops every organization should incorporate

Battle-tested advice from Cathy Polinsky - VP of Engineering at Shopify

Think you know how to conduct a technical interview? Think again.

Back in January, Karat partnered with Harris Poll to conduct a survey of 253 engineering leaders and hiring decision-makers. We used those results as benchmarks to compare to a second survey of 100 additional leaders last month to gauge the impact of COVID-19 on hiring trends.

“Managing in a Remote World” — Tips from a manager of 100+ people across 20 countries

Get tips on leading remote teams from a seasoned VP of Engineering

You're a great engineer.
Become a great engineering leader.

Plato (platohq.com) is the world's biggest mentorship platform for engineering managers & product managers. We've curated a community of mentors who are the tech industry's best engineering & product leaders from companies like Facebook, Lyft, Slack, Airbnb, Gusto, and more.