From Software Engineer Intern to VP of Design at Facebook. I'm Julie Zhuo, and I wrote a book on how to start your career as manager.Featured

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Hi Elpha! I'm Julie Zhuo, VP of Design at Facebook, where for the last seven years I’ve lead the team responsible for the design of the Facebook app. I joined Facebook in 2006 as the first (!) software engineer intern. A month later, I joined the company full-time and realized that I enjoyed working on the visible part of the website. So I transitioned into the design team and after two years, became a design manager. When I'm not working, I write a lot about design, tech, and various other topics (like my dog) on my blog The Year of the Looking Glass. Earlier this year, I published my first book "The Making of a Manager: What to Do When Everyone Looks to You,” an everything-you-need-to-know field guide for starting your career as a manager. I wrote this because I still remember gazing up at a whole shelf of books on leadership at the bookstore and realizing most were written by retired CEOs and management consultants (mostly men) to help executives become even more effective; there wasn’t much for the new manager wondering how to overcome imposter syndrome, understand what success in the job looks like, or even how to approach a 1:1. I graduated from Stanford with a degree in computer science, and despite my Chinese roots my favorite food in the world is ramen. I also just had my third child, so I'm taking some time off to be with my family over the next few months.Ask me anything about leading design teams, being a manager, balancing family and career, building a brand through writing or something else!
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