Wednesday
Room 5 - Level 5
15:00 - 16:00
(UTC±00)
Talk (60 min)
How to become a go-to person
We have two types of leaders in the world, the ones you contact because you have to get their approval and the ones you want to contact because your want their opinion. Which one do you want to be?
Working in today’s high-tech scene, we all need different skills and behaviors. Skills are the abilities we have learned, and behaviors are how we act. For example, a person can have leadership skills, and one of the behaviors they present is “lead by example”.
Maintaining the balance between presenting strong technical and people skills is crucial for becoming a go-to person, especially at a new job or when changing roles.
In this talk, I will share the practical behaviors that I have implemented in my everyday work life that have helped me gain the go-to person status and assume the architect role. Cultivating these tips can help you reach the go-to person status and advance your career.
Hila Fox
I am an experienced technical leader with over 10 years of experience. On my day-to-day, I am a staff+ engineer in product-led growing companies. I have experience as a tech lead, architect, and squad lead in different product domains, such as customer experience, AI, and Platform.
I offer talks, workshops, and group and private sessions on architecture, DDD, technical leadership, career growth, and more. If you or your department are interested, DM me.
I have been onboarded into more programming languages than I can count. I have also worked with numerous databases in large-scale distributed systems.
I will take any opportunity to participate in a philosophical conversation about coding and architecture. Just say the words DDD, I dare you :)
I love leading big, complex projects, from deconstructing models/functionalities to (micro)services to enhancing new product capabilities.
I believe that we should test for quality, optimize for productivity, make decisions based on data, and be nice to each other.