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Andrew Easton
How we updated our Performance Review process to help engineers grow
Performance reviews are often a nebulous topic. All companies do them and they can be incredibly important to growth and success, both personally and professionally. Yet they are often a bit of a black box. At Wealthfront, we believe that one of the core goals of the performance review process is to help engineers grow… Read more
Tommy Shiou
Team Crafting using a Team Depth Chart
A highly effective team is more than the sum of its parts because the interplay between team members’ strengths and weaknesses can be crafted into a cohesive unit. This blog post describes a management tool we use at Wealthfront to help craft an effective engineering team. The Challenge Crafting an effective engineering team is a… Read more
Tommy Shiou
Senior Engineer Archetypes
Wealthfront believes in providing engineers opportunities to have impact so they can grow at a pace that matches their experience. However we have observed several instances where high-performing engineers would step up into senior roles and take on new responsibilities, but then unfortunately become unhappy or unsuccessful. When transitioning into senior engineering roles an individual’s… Read more