One of the most important traits we look for when hiring engineering talent is a growth mindset: the ability to learn and adapt to changing conditions and technologies over time. This is partly because, as engineers, we work at the forefront of tech, which means we constantly seek new and exciting ways to unlock the potential of technology. Aside from our own...
Posts by Erica Lockheimer
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- Leadership
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In late June, we hosted our third annual WomenConnect event, where well over 100 employee attendees got together to talk about career transformation, cultivating leadership skills, and finding a comfortable work-life balance. We kicked off the event with a discussion between me and Jeff Weiner about empathy, compassion, and women's empowerment, and then broke...
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LinkedIn wouldn't be the company it is today without the engineers who built it. We have no shortage of talented individuals in technical roles across the company. They are the ones who create, build, and maintain our platform, tools, and features—as well as write posts for this blog. In this series, we feature some of the people and personalities that make...
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- apple,
- engineering culture,
- Women in Tech,
- iOS
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“When I first started college, I wasn’t a confident student," recalled Tessa Hurr, a sophomore at Columbia University, who attended...
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- Lean In,
- Women in Tech,
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Grace Hopper was one of the first women to earn a PhD in mathematics. She went on to lead the team that developed the first computer...