Aaron Crow - VP of Engineering at SPIDR Tech

Junior to Senior with David Guttman

Talking Points:

• Leadership Values
• Illusions of Correctness
• Common Beginner Mistakes
• Valuable Technical Skills
• Learnable, “Innate” Skills
• Being Relentlessly Collaborative
• Value of Failure

Quotable Quotes:

• “If I changed my attitude about things, I could actually contribute as a leader.” - AC
• “At the beginning of our careers, for all of us, there is so much that we don’t know.” - AC
• “Confidence without the experience to back it up is arrogance.” -AC
• “[Be careful and try to be aware] if you are hyperfocused on one topic.” -AC
• “There is always the chance that you’ll push someone too fast and cause them to burnout.” -AC
• “You want the business folk to own and define the “why” and then give that to the Tech Lead.” -AC
• “We can agree that we like to see people that are constantly challenging themselves.” - AC
• “When something goes wrong, are we taking ownership of it?” -AC
• “Improvement comes from learning and learning comes from feedback loops.” - DG

Notes:

Aaron’s LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaroncrow
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