How to Become a Successful Manager 🎽 — with Thiago Ghisi (Nubank)

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I think the question is like, how do you become a distinguished engineer? It's like, oh, the answer is simple. Just make things that will shift the direction of how we do things at the industry level, right? It's really simple, yet like really hard to define. And it's like, as staff engineer is like,

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I think one, one answer is like, how do you become a staff engineer? I think like one, one way that I like to, to phrase is like, it's not only contributing at the platform level.

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It's like, how do you help the company to expand the engineering team to, to create more chains, to, to improve like things on a 10 X basis, right?

How to Become a Successful Manager 🎽 — with Thiago Ghisi (Nubank)

Refactoring Podcast — Season 1 • Episode 10

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Apr 05, 2024

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Hey there! This week we interviewed Thiago Ghisi, Director of Engineering at Nubank.

Thiago has had an incredible tech career: before Nubank, he worked at Apple, Amex and ThoughtWorks.

He is also a deep thinker. He hosts a podcast, and constantly shares great advice on X and LinkedIn.

🎽 What makes managers successful — mindset, skills, systems, and advice for new managers.
🪜 Expectations & career frameworks — how what is expected of you changes throughout your career, and how to be successful at any level.
🪴 Career advice — how to build a great tech career in 2024.