Be Plucky Podcast

Performance and PIPs with Christina Entcheva

Episode Summary

Christina Entcheva (she/they), Director of Software Engineering at GitHub, mentors us on managing performance, perfectionism, Performance Improvement Plans and the value of early feedback.

Episode Notes

Christina Entcheva is a Director of Software Engineering at GitHub. Christina has a background as a software engineer, product manager, and designer. She’s passionate about open source software, radical candor, and salads!

We cover a lot, including:

• who sets the standards for good performance
• socializing career ladders
• the difference between being challenged and underperforming
• modeling constructive feedback
• perfectionism
• weight training with a trainer
• Performance Improvement Plans
• what keeps managers up at night
• favorite moments of management

Connect with Christina on LinkedIn and read more about Communities @ GitHub! Christina's team owns a bunch of GitHub features including:

Discussions: https://github.com/features/discussions

Sponsors: https://github.com/sponsors

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