Career Development

Dave Kellogg, CEO, Host Analytics

While Dave is not a fan of many leveling approaches, he is a fan of defining the use of Manager, Director, and VP in job titles: Managers are paid to drive results with some support Directors are paid to drive results with little or no supervision VPs are paid to make the plan

Google, Editorial Team, Google

Julie Zhuo, VP Product Design, Facebook

Erik Bernhardsson, CTO, Better Mortgage

Russ Laraway, VP of People, Qualtrics

Lex Roman, Growth Design Lead, Lex Roman Inc

Lex provides a public design skill grid with dozens of skills. With so many skills, she introduces the concept of skill groups to help organize them. She uses 6 skill groups: Facilitation, Visual Design, Interaction Design, Research, Business Strategy, and Development. Lex also provides insight into her process for how she tracks her own ongoing skill development.

Joe Lynch, VP Engineering, Twilio

Joe explains how there are 2 desired outcomes from a career planning conversations: 1) Clear Goal(s) 2) An understanding of the motivations that underlie the goal(s) He then provides a concrete list of suggestions on how to juggle the cultural and organizational dynamics of providing career advice.