Episode 16: Management as a true calling and the three pillars of being a director with Dan Na
Managing Managers2 Maalis 2024

Episode 16: Management as a true calling and the three pillars of being a director with Dan Na

I’ve been a big fan of Dan’s writing for a while. You might have read some of his articles on management in my Level Up newsletter. In this episode, he shines a light on how he found himself in his first managing managers role, how he sees management as his true calling, how management might not be everyone’s cup of tea and how to deal with the ambiguity of the role.

Guest Biography

Dan Na is the Engineering Director of the Market Expansion organization at Squarespace in NYC. Previously he was a Staff Engineer at Squarespace and an Engineering Manager at Etsy. He loves learning and teaching in a collaborative environment and solving both the technical and people problems of shipping software. He’s a weather-agnostic iced coffee drinker, a mediocre golfer, an NBA basketball fan and loves spending time with his family.

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Transcript and show notes available here: https://managingmanagers.tech/episodes/episode-016-dan-na/


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