October 18, 2022 — Presentation by Supriya Lal

10 Step Recipe for a Successful Technical Lead

Moving towards a technical leadership role is not an easy path. It is particularly challenging for women as they more often fall prey to imposter syndrome. They are also under-represented as technical leaders, making it harder to envision themselves in the role. While transitioning from an individual contributor to a tech lead, Supriya faced similar challenges. In this talk, Supriya will focus on how she overcame imposter syndrome and the ten guidelines she developed while transitioning from an engineer to a team tech lead.

Speaker — Supriya Lal

Supriya has been in the tech industry as a software engineer for six years. She holds a Masters degree in Computer Science from the University of Arizona, USA and a Bachelor degree in Information Technology from Uttar Pradesh Technical University, India. Supriya is also the technical lead for her team and has been in the role for more than a year. Supriya has been an active member of the women in tech group at Yelp. She used to co-lead the public speaking vertical, where she organized events to empower women to speak with confidence in public.

Moderator — Tenzin Kunsal

As a part of the Technical Talent Events and Partnerships team, Tenzin works on events and partnerships for Yelp Engineering and Product—everything from Meetups to Hackathons to conferences. Before joining Yelp in '17, Tenzin was in the nonprofit sector and has worked with education and community building nonprofits in San Francisco and Minneapolis. She is passionate about cultivating diversity and is actively involved in Yelp Employee Resource Groups, such as ColorCoded and Yelp Asian Pacific Islanders.

About Yelping From Home:

Yelp’s mission is to connect people with great local businesses, and two of the teams working behind the scenes to make that happen are our five star engineering and product teams.

Playing an active role in our community is a value that we have strongly prioritized over the years. Typically we would invite you to come to Yelp’s HQ to network, grab a slice of ‘za, and learn about the technology and culture behind Yelp. With stay-at-home orders across the globe, Yelp (like many of you) has had no choice but to adapt to these changes. We understand that this is a strange and challenging time for many, so we’d like to invite you to join us as we navigate this new normal for the tech community together.

To stay connected, create space for folks to collaborate and share some of the things Yelp has been working on, we are launching our very own virtual tech talk series. This series of talks will feature Yelp employees from engineering and product share their stories about career development, technical skills and workplace challenges in a well-distributed environment.