Natasha Vinnik is a Senior Engineering Lead for Gmail Client Foundations at Google. With over 20 years in engineering, Natasha has also led engineering teams at Box and Yahoo! She holds three patents in cloud-based technology.
In this episode, we discuss:

Natasha’s journey from an immigrant who couldn’t afford university to an engineering leader with a master’s degree

Staying technical as a manager and keeping up with technology trends

How starting a family changed how she approaches work

Inheriting teams vs building teams from scratch

How she manages complex projects

The value of being curious, trying new things

Mentorship vs sponsorship


Additional Resources:

“Unlocking Us” Podcast from Brené Brown  

“The Awesome Human Podcast” from Nataly Kogan


Where to find Natasha Vinnik:

LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/nvinnik/


Where to find Heidi Williams:

LinkedIn:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/heidiwilliams1/⁠⁠⁠⁠

Website:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://www.joinwest.org/⁠⁠⁠


Where to find Karen Ko:

LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/karenko26/⁠⁠⁠

Ver todos los episodios