In the previous post, I shared how to create a charter consisting of a mission, vision, and strategy for your team(s). Now that we have achieved internal alignment, how can we effectively communicate this information to our cross-functional partners, customers, stakeholders, and superiors? Communication is a dynamic, two-way process. To…

Communication is one of the most foundational aspects of a strong, healthy relationship. Communication within an organization and between organizations is equally important and necessary for the company to operate effectively. Let’s use a platform organization as an example. Platform groups are often required to collaborate with numerous teams and…

What if I don’t just want “balance”, but I want to be both an engaged, high-performing employee at work, and also a present and active parent at home? I thought I could have it all. I have always enjoyed taking on challenges and when my husband and I found out…

Thoughts and opinions expressed here are fully of my own from my observation across the industry and do not represent my current employer’s perspective or their practices and methods. “What’s your pulse score?” is a common question you might overhear someone ask a manager at a tech company. Pulse surveys…

Most established companies have their version of an engineering ladder which displays a criteria of expectations for various roles. …

Annie leads the business operations platform engineering org within Square’s platform & infrastructure group. Prior to Square, she worked at a number of startups across a spectrum of industries from consumer products to enterprise solutions, as well as a wide variety of teams from sales to engineering. …

As Square grew from one credit card reader into a platform of products, what started out as a simple admin tool also grew organically into a behemoth monolith. …

Annie leads the business operations platform engineering group within Square’s platform & infrastructure organization. Prior to Square, she worked at a number of startups across a spectrum of industries from consumer products to enterprise solutions, as well as a wide variety of teams from sales to engineering. …

Annie is a software engineering leader on Square’s platform & infrastructure engineering organization. Prior to Square, she worked at a number of startups across a spectrum of industries from consumer products to enterprise solutions, as well as a wide variety of teams from sales to engineering. Don’t work at Company…