Making the transition to VPE role successfully

I still remember how exciting it was when I first became a VP Engineering. It was the culmination of years of hard work. I was finally here! However, I also remember it being a painful path to becoming a VPE and a lonely experience being a VPE. No one really talks about transitioning to an executive and what that feels like. Afterall, once you become the “big boss” you are expected to know everything; have a solution for everything. And there’s really no one to give you guidance or advice. For me, I had to figure it out from my mistakes. Such was my transition.

As part of Divhersity series “Real Talk with Nidhi” I wanted to explore the tactics that some women engineering leaders have employed to make the transition to a VPE successfully.