#6 - From Engineer to Engineering Manager with Paulo André

Talk Abstract:
Transitioning from being an individual engineer to any sort of engineering management role is not easy. Yet, it is particularly common in fast growing tech startups, especially in the early stages — strong engineers with great technical chops suddenly find themselves leading teams… and people.

In this talk, we will explore a few common pitfalls of this transition, how to make it as painless (and rewarding) as possible for everyone involved, and attempt to define a framework to think about engineering leadership in general.

Bio:
Paulo has been working professionally in tech for the last 15 years, having taken a myriad of roles across software development and engineering management, through different industries in the private and public sectors, including academic research. He has spent the last few years at HelloFresh, one of the Berlin-based unicorn companies, as a Director of Engineering, helping it grow from 10 to 200+ engineers and becoming the #1 meal-kit company worldwide.