Babylist | Oakland | Full-time - ONSITE & 1D/week WFH | Senior Data Engineer, Senior Data Analyst
Babylist’s core product is our universal baby registry, currently used by one in two first-time expecting families in the US to create their registry.
Our unique business model enables cross-retailer insights and trend analysis in our vertical. No other retailer has this! Our data team leverages this to improve our consumer experience, to make us operationally more effective and to help us strategically build new products for our users.
We have lots of data. We have product-market fit. Come join us if you are looking to make a difference with data.
I can relate to your quandary having been there myself a few times and having seen co-workers in the same situation.
How long have you been in the management role? TBH, it takes some time and resetting of your own expectations about what meaningful work is on a day to day basis when you go from IC to manager. There is a mental leap you have to make from doing interesting technical work yourself to finding satisfaction in getting your team to succeed.
It is also worth noting that most of us start off as mediocre managers and it takes deliberate effort to improve your skills here. Is it possible that you may actually enjoy management if you got better at it?
Falling behind on technical skills as a manager is a very valid concern and there are a couple of ways to mitigate the risk somewhat i.e. be hands-on with code reviews, do detailed tech and architecture docs. Another tactic is to give yourself some small hands-on work in the team -- this needs to be done carefully though. If you spend too much time in the weeds of the code base you will miss the forest for the trees (which is what your role as manager requires).
On the flip side, you mentioned you took up the management role for career progression. Was this because you were not growing or progressing as an IC in your current company?
Babylist’s core product is our universal baby registry, currently used by one in two first-time expecting families in the US to create their registry.
Our unique business model enables cross-retailer insights and trend analysis in our vertical. No other retailer has this! Our data team leverages this to improve our consumer experience, to make us operationally more effective and to help us strategically build new products for our users.
We have lots of data. We have product-market fit. Come join us if you are looking to make a difference with data.
> Senior Data Engineer: https://jobs.lever.co/babylist/97713aef-5005-41fb-a840-ed976...
> Senior Data Analyst: https://jobs.lever.co/babylist/2930075c-5b95-4f21-b9f7-a1062...
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