Plato resources from the best leaders

Amitav Chakravartty, ex-CTO at Vaycayhero, dissects a common founder’s dilemma: should they focus on the latest technology or their customers’ needs.

Amitav Chakravartty

Ex CTO at Vaycayhero

Amitav Chakravartty, ex-CTO at Vaycayhero, shares his dilemma: should he restructure his malfunctioning team or build trust with them.

Amitav Chakravartty

Ex CTO at Vaycayhero

Amitav Chakravartty, ex-CTO at Vaycayhero, highlights two key elements of a new manager’s mindset -- being in the driving seat and not going with a flow.

Amitav Chakravartty

Ex CTO at Vaycayhero

Wissam Abirached, Senior Engineering Manager at GitHub, shares how he introduced engineering design and what were its most immediate benefits.

Wissam Abirached

Senior Engineering Manager at GitHub

Wissam Abirached, Senior Engineering Manager at GitHub, tells of his transition from an IC to a manager on the same team and how that impacted his participation in technical discussions.

Wissam Abirached

Senior Engineering Manager at GitHub

Bruce Wang, Director of Engineering, API Systems at Netflix, speaks of his personal journey to build thriving teams during his first year at Netflix.

Bruce Wang

Director of Engineering at Netflix

Cody Kurz, Director of Engineering at 7shifts, details how he managed to secure buy-in for new metrics from a team that was largely skeptical and distrusted the management.

Cody Kurz

Director of Engineering at 7shifts: Restaurant Scheduling

Cody Kurz, Director of Engineering at 7shifts, outlines the pros and cons of hiring junior engineers.

Cody Kurz

Director of Engineering at 7shifts: Restaurant Scheduling

Cody Kurz, Director of Engineering at 7shifts, details how to manage expectations when hiring your boss and how to know when you should let them go.

Cody Kurz

Director of Engineering at 7shifts: Restaurant Scheduling

Paras Doshi, Engineering Manager (BI & Data) at Amazon, discusses how to unlock the potential of an average-performing engineer and encourage them to be more proactive and autonomous.

Paras Doshi

Engineering Manager (BI & Data) at Amazon

Paras Doshi, Engineering Manager (BI & Data) at Amazon, tells how he approaches career growth of his reports by dedicating time to exclusively talk about their careers.

Paras Doshi

Engineering Manager (BI & Data) at Amazon

Paras Doshi, Engineering Manager (BI & Data) at Amazon, recalls how he successfully drove a team vision as a first-time manager who took over a team without the vision and roadmap.

Paras Doshi

Engineering Manager (BI & Data) at Amazon

Benjamin De Point, Sr. Director of Engineering at Coupa Software, outlines what to do -- and what not to do -- when acquired and going through challenging times.

Benjamin De Point

Sr. Director of Engineering at Coupa Software

Marin Dimitrov, Senior Engineering Manager at Uber, describes his efforts to build an in-house mentorship program that would bring together top tech leaders and engineers from small offices and provide them with unique learning opportunities.

Marin Dimitrov

Director of Engineering at Hopin

Marin Dimitrov, Senior Engineering Manager at Uber, talks of his efforts to develop a simple yet well-structured framework that bridges short- and long-term career goals.

Marin Dimitrov

Director of Engineering at Hopin

Andrew Schamp, Software Engineer at Dropbox, shares how he unintentionally disrupted his team’s work-life balance culture and what he did to repair it.

Andrew Schamp

Software Engineer at Dropbox

Andrew Schamp, Software Engineer at Dropbox, recalls recommending a risky and time-consuming solution that he couldn’t take back without talking to his team first.

Andrew Schamp

Software Engineer at Dropbox

Andrew Schamp, Software Engineer at Dropbox, recalls how he made a design decision using a tradeoff analysis that made them deliver a new beta product on a tight deadline.

Andrew Schamp

Software Engineer at Dropbox

Andrew Schamp, Software Engineer at Dropbox, tells of his efforts to improve team peer reviews and build a quality culture across the team.

Andrew Schamp

Software Engineer at Dropbox

Max Countryman, Director of Engineering, Platform at Pathstream, outlines the difference between a platform and product team, along with the key elements to pay attention to when building a platform team.

Max Countryman

Director of Engineering, Platform at Pathstream