Show notes
Christina Entcheva is a Director of Software Engineering at GitHub. Christina has a background as a software engineer, product manager, and designer. She’s passionate about open source software, radical candor, and salads!
We cover a lot, including:
- who sets the standards for good performance
- socializing career ladders
- the difference between being challenged and underperforming
- modeling constructive feedback
- perfectionism
- weight training with a trainer
- Performance Improvement Plans
- what keeps managers up at night
- favorite moments of management
Connect with Christina on LinkedIn and read more about Communities @ GitHub! Christina's team owns a bunch of GitHub features including:
Discussions: https://github.com/features/discussions
Sponsors: https://github.com/sponsors
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