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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.

4 pillars to measure your engineering team's success

From Kathryn Koehler (Director of Engineering at Netflix) & Madhav Nair (SVP of Engineering at Zoominfo)

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

Building a strong relationship between Product and Engineering

Answers to the 3 big “WHATs” from the leaders at Facebook and Dolby (Daphra Holder and Venu Kalluri)

Building a customer-focused engineering team

Guidelines from the Cofounder and CEO of Bond, Roy Ng

Achieving scale as an engineering leader — from technology to teams to culture

What guides your scaling decisions? Get tips from Vijaya Kaza, Airbnb's Head of Engineering for Trust and Safety.

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