Growth

Building a Modern Engineering Career Ladder

Technical teams grow fast. Careers often don’t.

A well-designed engineering career ladder is one of the most important tools for retaining great talent, building confidence, and growing healthy technical cultures. And yet, most ladders are outdated, rigid, or nonexistent.

This post walks through how to design a modern ladder that works—from your first staff engineer to a platform org at scale.

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The Role of Mentorship in Scaling Tech Teams Successfully

As teams grow, knowledge silos form. New hires struggle to find their footing. Culture begins to drift.

Mentorship fixes all of that.

Done right, mentorship creates a culture of learning, accelerates onboarding, and retains top talent during the chaos of scale. It’s the kind of low-cost, high-impact strategy most orgs overlook—until it’s too late.

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Building and Scaling High-Performing Technology Teams

Hypergrowth exposes every flaw in your team strategy—and every opportunity. Whether you’re scaling from a handful of developers to 100+ engineers or expanding internationally, your ability to build, structure, and develop your teams will make or break the business.

I’ve had the privilege (and pressure) of growing engineering teams from 6 to over 100 during my time at eXp Realty, and later leading engineering at Lone Wolf Real Estate Technologies through periods of acquisition, consolidation, and transformation.

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Common Pitfalls When Transitioning from Engineering to Leadership—and How to Avoid Them

The transition from engineer to tech executive isn’t easy. Here are the top pitfalls and how to overcome them.

1. Micromanagement: Doing Instead of Leading

🚨 The Problem: Many new leaders struggle to let go of coding and get stuck in the weeds.
💡 The Fix: Focus on delegation, mentoring, and enabling teams.

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