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November 4 & 5, 2024

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September 4 & 5, 2024

Waheed is a product engineer from Dublin, Ireland. He returned to college to study computer science after a career as a chef. During his time in college he interned at Amazon Data Service for 9 months before joining Intercom after graduating. At Intercom he has worked across engineering over his 6 years there, from backend and operational to product teams.

How not to lose friends and alienate yourself: Learnings from a journey to Staff Engineer

Waheed El Miladi reflects on his journey to Staff Engineer and discusses some of the personal pitfalls and unexpected challenges he encountered while moving through roles and the personal skills and strategies I’ve developed to address them.

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How simplifying software can save your engineering teams' time

We’re conditioned to think from an early age that exciting things are the best. That attitude can extend to engineering, too.

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