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Camille Fournier

CTO at Rent the Runway

Engineering leader and author who discusses managing technical teams.

1 Talk1 Mention13 Facts13 Sources

Key facts

Roles
Rent the Runway, CTO
Two Sigma, Managing Director
Previously
Goldman Sachs, VP of Technology
Rent the Runway, CTO
Built
97 Things Every Engineering Manager Should Know, Editor
The Manager’s Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change
Capabilities
Defines leadership as the quality that gets people to want to follow you.
Recommends dropping or delegating lower-priority work and asking for help when overwhelmed.
Recommends setting specific expectations and time frames when addressing performance problems.
Recommends addressing interpersonal conflict proactively.
Advises new managers not to default to writing code to solve a struggling team's problems.
Recommends making a team through regular conversations about work, projects, and how things are going.
+1 more
Recommends weekly or biweekly one-on-ones, depending on the work and other interactions.

Career

  1. Rent the Runwaycurrentas of Jul 2019
    CTO
    Unverified1 source
  2. Two Sigmacurrentas of Jul 2019
    Managing Director
    Unverified1 source
  3. Goldman Sachspast
    VP of Technology
    Unverified1 source
  4. Rent the Runwaypast
    CTO
    Unverified1 source

Timeline 13

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201913 events
  1. as of Jul 2019Capability
    Defines leadership as the quality that gets people to want to follow you.
    “Leadership is whatever quality gets people to want to follow you.” 45:10
    Unverified1 source· Talk
    +5 more capabilities on the full timeline
  2. as of Jul 2019Capability
    Recommends dropping or delegating lower-priority work and asking for help when overwhelmed.
    “What could you just stop doing? What can you drop?” 27:52
    Unverified1 source· Talk
  3. as of Jul 2019Built
    Camille Fournier built 97 Things Every Engineering Manager Should Know
    Editor
    “a book coming out this year that you’re editing” 0:00
    Unverified1 source· Talk
  4. as of Jul 2019Career
    Camille Fournier is CTO at Rent the Runway
    “I had worked at Goldman Sachs, where there was management, and then I came to a startup.” 2:08
    Unverified1 source· Talk
    +2 more roles on the full timeline
  5. as of Jul 2019Built
    Camille Fournier built The Manager’s Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change
    “Your first book was The Manager’s Path” 0:00
    Unverified1 source· Talk
  6. as of Jul 2019Career
    Camille Fournier previously at Goldman Sachs
    VP of Technology
    “former VP of Technology at Goldman Sachs” 0:00
    Unverified1 source· Talk

Talks 1

49:34
on Managing Technical Teams
Camille Fournier

Camille Fournier explains why engineering management is a technical discipline that becomes more important as teams grow. She offers practical advice for new managers: build regular one-on-ones and team routines, address interpersonal problems early, and help teammates collaborate. She cautions managers against trying to solve team problems by writing code, while encouraging them to stay technically engaged and use delegation, coaching, and clear expectations. She also discusses engineering team culture, hiring for shared values, recognizing good work, and how leadership can come from managers and individual contributors alike.

Jul 17, 2019· 50 min 0:00

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