Expert interviews Dr Claire Knight
Your first 90 days as a brand new EM
Dr Claire Knight Director of Engineering · n8n Previously GitHub, Netlify, Odin, Sailhouse
About Claire
Scale-ups are her sweet spot. She has hired a lot of EMs, been through acquisitions from the inside, and walked plenty of engineers through the move into management.
What the conversation covers
For anyone about to start as an EM, or three weeks in and quietly wondering why nothing has moved yet. Covers what actually gets you hired into the job now that the coding test has changed, why the urge to fix everything in week one is the one to sit on, the relationship nearly every new EM undervalues, and how to prepare for your first hard conversation before the emotions run it for you.