Three years ago, Jessica McKellar and a group of friends from MIT started stealthy chat startup Zulip. Less than two years later, it was acquired by Dropbox. They'd done it once before too, selling Ksplice to Oracle just as fast. This wild ride has given McKellar a more diverse set of management opportunities than the average engineer ever sees — she's been a team lead, a founder, a technical leader at a massive corporation, and today, is the manager of dozens at a rapidly growing global startup. (Oh, and on the side, directs the Python Software Foundation.)
Through this experience, she's developed three principles of excellent engineering leadership that have served her again and again. In this exclusive interview, she shares these tenets and the actions she's seen create the most impact for technical leaders and the people they manage.Read more in First Round.
