Author Archives: andreaheyman

Compensation is no one’s favorite subject to discuss with their manager, but it’s sometimes a necessary conversation to have to ensure that you’re being paid fairly in accordance with the market both inside and outside of your company. Every company has its own philosophy and process around compensation, so it’s impossible to offer a strategyContinue reading “Do’s and Don’ts for Discussing Compensation with your Manager”

The building blocks of my “manager voltron” as a senior IC, or a varied group of mentors who combine to provide me all of the types of career support that I need.

Following another grueling performance review cycle, I’ve seen many of my peers gripe about the seemingly never-ending process of writing feedback for each other for a range of reasons: it takes up too much of their time, it’s difficult to craft in a way that’s useful to the reviewee and actionable by their manager, itContinue reading “How to give useful peer feedback (and not hate doing it)”

Inspired by @polotek’s recent post My Approach to 1-on-1s, I thought I’d offer my own approach to 1:1s from the perspective of the report rather than the manager. 1:1s are a key part of how I communicate with my manager and offer me an opportunity to address issues that I find important, ranging from teamContinue reading “Having effective 1:1s with your manager”