In this episode, rachel, Kendall, and Sean talk about:

• The genesis of this podcast, and who we have to thank
• How taking the traditional path of CS to engineering leadership is the rare case
• Getting into guiding and mentoring at a small company named Huge (lol)
• Being glad for having done the deathmarch type work when you were younger
• Learning many important lessons via a failed startup
• Why consulting is often not appealing
• Finally getting into bonafide engineering management, with no training
• A free podcast idea: Awkward Silences
• The blessing and curse of being a problemsolver
• The idea that listening is an action
• Not being able to let go of puns
• Timing complexity when trying to promote internally
• How high trust environments must exist across a given company to work well, and how this makes hiring a much higher stakes proposition
• Intent to 3D print and make things out of wood

You can find Sean at seanoc.com

Special thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music <3