How I Became One Of The YOUNGEST Engineering Managers At FAANG (at 27yo)

[@techmentormaria]

I’m mainly here to answer your question from a manager/mentor perspective. Comment with your questions about the industry and I’ll address it in the future!

[@billzhou1864]

I love your accent! I am learning German as well.

[@kantancoding]

All of your videos contain very valuable information for SWEs. Great work! 🚀

[@techmentormaria]

Thank you :) I like your videos too!

[@panduthadjudin11]

This is a great content. I am not in tech. The difference between code and people you mentioned are so true.

[@KaroCodes]

I can totally relate to the difficult things you mentioned! Especially the zoom fatigue from all-day meetings 😩 I actually lost my voice multiple times when working as an Engineering Manager 🥲 Thanks for sharing your story! ❤️

[@techmentormaria]

This happened to me as well. Zoom fatigue hit me really hard during the pandemic :(

[@ChristinasSideHustles]

I work at a FAANG company too. This is a really cool story

[@techmentormaria]

Thank you Christina :)

[@sachin_yt]

I love your smile :) and your overall expressions in general. Thanks a lot for your insights!

[@techmentormaria]

Thanks for listening!

[@ResilientFighter]

thank you for this video and also sharing your journey.

[@Juliaheidinger]

Great Video Maria and super interesting career story. Looking forward to see more of you!

[@techmentormaria]

Thank you ❤️

[@kkraaaa]

random. really love your style. :) really would enjoy more in your life, personal interests, etc. kind of videos too :) hope you get more subscribers, your content is really cool. I myself am from europe - latvia

[@TheKhanman123]

Your vid’s are awesome . Subscribed and keep it up

[@techmentormaria]

Thanks for the sub! As a small and new KZbinr, this is really good to hear 💕

[@remigoldbach9608]

Hatte gerade mit die Frage gestellt, ob es ein Deutsch Akzent sein könnte, jetzt habe ich die Antwort 😃 Glückwunsch für dein Lebenslauf !

[@techmentormaria]

Danke!

[@6957-c5k]

From Intern to Engineering Manager? Your journey is quite a strange but inspiring one. No Junior, Intermediate, Senior breakdown. Well, it’s KZbin.

[@kamertonaudiophileplayer847]

Congratulations!

[@techmentormaria]

Thank you!

[@billzhou1864]

Nice!

[@JakeAntelis]

Inspiring. Congrats

[@techmentormaria]

Thank you!

[@kidkwlify]

If you already know that you are interested in management but still early in your career - what would you recommend them to do to make this happen asap? Especially if they aren't in a similar scenario as your experience and be one of the seniors in the team or founding engineers? Thanks! : )

[@techmentormaria]

Good question! I would recommend them to become a really awesome engineer first so they know what it takes to manage someone who is an awesome engineer. Often, the best managers I've seen have been strong engineering performers before because they know what's important to grow people.

[@hey4077]

Hey Maria, du hast nach deiner mittleren Reife eine Ausbildung als Fachinformatiker begonnen und jetzt arbeitest du für einen Big Tech Unternehmen. Ich nehme mal an dass du kein Abi hast und auch wenn hast du meinen Respekt. Nicht jeder schafft es soweit. Ich hoffe ich kann viel von Dir in deinen Videos lernen. LG

[@techmentormaria]

Stimmt, ich hab Realschule -> Ausbildung -> Abend BOS (in Bayern) -> FH gemacht :)

[@eyemiru]

@@techmentormariawow, wo findet man dich auf LinkedIn? :)

[@prashanthr7114]

Iam non it guy Which course I have to do.. Plz reply

[@kidkwlify]

Did you indicate that you were interested in management to your managers? If so then how?

[@techmentormaria]

I did when I was mentoring people and I started to enjoy that a lot!

[@samkitjain]

Hard relate. From intern to EM in 5 years at age of 26.

[@walthertrgovac6087]

Where did you study in Germany and how did you get an Internship in the USA? I have also just started my studies in Germany and I would like to do an Internship in the USA.

[@techmentormaria]

It’s a long story. I will make a video on that eventually but tldr: volunteered at international student organizations in Germany to improve my English, then found opportunities abroad to volunteer, then found a study abroad program where I studied in the US for a year and then applied for internships. Got some offers from big tech companies :)

[@changNoi1337]

Me as a self taught coder. I would love to hear about what you studied. How much it did cost in GER? How did, what you learned in uni, help you in real life work situations. And if your uni degree was just a ticket to open doors or is 100% worth it? And I guess on the job, like you said, you got to learn still lot of different things. And do you think are there limits a self taught vs uni graduated coders?

[@leoBrofoski23]

Beside your talents, Do you think Social movements such as #Metoo, Feminism, Diversity and Inclusion help you climb your Tech career?

[@techmentormaria]

I valued the conferences and connections I made in college through women in tech events and found life long friends but at work, all that counts for career growth is consistent strong output and execution which has nothing to do with the things you described above.

[@KameloTV]

Hey, i am also from germany and would like to ask you: What exactly did you study? Could you name advantages of studying in the States? How much money would you earn in the same job position but located in Germany?

[@techmentormaria]

Hallo :) I first did an "Ausbildung zur Fachinformatikerin" after Realschule and then I studied Wirtschaftsinformatik. I *thought* I'd like the business part but I actually hated it -- looking back, I would have picked regular Informatik. Salary wise, the big tech companies obviously pay WAY less in Germany than they do in the US. I think in London the pay is ~60%. of what we make in the US. Germany must be even less given cost of living is much cheaper here.

[@KameloTV]

@@techmentormaria Hi Maria, actually, i am a Wirtschaftsinformatik student in my third semester and i am slowly realizing that the BWL modules are somewhat boring. haha. How much do you regret Wirtschaftsinformatik and do you think regular Informaitk would have prepared you better for your job? Does an engineering manager have nothing to do with Wirtschaftsinformatik?

[@techmentormaria]

@@KameloTV My job has NOTHING to do with Wirtschaftsinformatik. But it doesn't really matter if you study that or Informatik tbh as long as you're coding on the side and making your technical knowledge strong. If you can, I'd consider switching because you probably have a huge overlap anyways :)

[@KameloTV]

@@techmentormaria thanks for the advice. I'll definitely do my master in informatik. Keep up the good work ✌🏻✌🏻

[@techmentormaria]

@@KameloTV Thanks for being on this journey with me :)

[@CraigMine]

Hire and mentor me

[@techmentormaria]

Not hiring right now

[@CraigMine]

@@techmentormaria haha :( i meant that everyone would like to have a manager with an attutide like yours is manager == teamleiter?

[@TeChNoYmE]

They make you a manager under 2 circumstances: 1. They are not willing to risk the project by assigning any productive work to you (80% of the time) 2. You are the only person in the project who thinks the project has hope and can be saved (20% of the time)

[@techmentormaria]

From my experience that’s pretty much wrong :) but thanks for your contribution with your opinion and no data to support it!

[@TeChNoYmE]

Don't rush. Time will eventually support you with all the data you require :)

[@allthecommonsense]

Step 1: Be *female* (ideally black) in a job market driven by DEI quotas :-)

[@techmentormaria]

Step 2: don’t listen to people like you :-)

[@vadud3]

@@techmentormaria Step 3: Don't pay any attention to troll

[@tahmid11k91]

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[@techmentormaria]

Hello and welcome! Is techtube a thing?