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What does a Director of Engineering do?

Priyanka Shahhyedari is a Director of Engineering for Platform services at Flexera, a company that works with IT and cloud management. PathFinder aims to bring transparency to different careers in Tech Industry. Subscribe here, If you want to read more content like this. We’re just start...

What I Learned in My First Year as a Director of Data Science

Six months ago I noticed that there were not many posts out there about how to manage a data science team (versus data science projects, a topic that has considerably more content). In an attempt to address that gap, I wrote my original post: “What I Learned in my First Six...

How to hire for Director+ roles?

Hiring folks in leadership roles is very challenging. One difficulty is that almost every candidate who gets to that level is generally good at communication, charismatic in their demeanor, and well trained to say the right things to get the job. Nonetheless, there is a huge difference between how p...

Picnic welcomes Sander Mak as Director of Technology

It’s no secret that Picnic has ambitious goals for the future. To reach these goals, we will need a strong development team, and someone to lead them. That’s why we are thrilled to announce that Sander Mak will join Picnic as Director of Technology! Before joining us, Sander...

Throwback Thursday #1: Meeting with P’Madeaw, the director of LOS

Remembering the time I had an incredible experience meeting with P’Madeaw (Chookiat Sakveerakul), the director of “Love of Siam (2007)” in Samyan Mitrtown, Bangkok during one of the premiers for his latest film “Dew (ดิว ไปด้วยกันนะ)” in 2019...

Suburban High School Athletic Director Philosophy: Build People, Not Pros.

SCHAUMBURG, Ill. — At 4 p.m., Marty Manning glances at his Franklin planner that details the busy weekend: the last home football game, tennis sectionals and a conference swim meet. Though most of his colleagues’ days are over, the second part of his day as an athletic director at Schaum...

The “Idolatry Director”

Khaled Mohamad al-Asaad (January 1932–18 August 2015) was a Syrian archaeologist who dedicated over 40 years to preserving and researching the ancient city of Palmyra, recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Born in Palmyra in 1932, he held a diploma in history and was educated at the Univ...

Interview with Raven Row’s Alex Sainsbury (Founder and Director)

I became involved with Rear Window but really only as its funder. I never thought I could become a professional in the art world — it didn’t seem there was a place for me as I had neither the psychological capabilities of a commercial art dealer nor the academic background of a fully-fle...