Engineer Your Career

Becoming a Fearless Leader with Smita Ojha

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Smita Ojha is the Senior Vice President of Engineering at Mindtickle, a market leader in enterprise sales software. Over the last two decades, Smita has led engineering teams at some of the largest tech companies - Microsoft, Meta, and Google.


In this episode, we discuss:

  • How to say yes to new opportunities outside of your comfort zone
  • The importance of developing a diverse skillset to become a well-rounded leader
  • Adopting a fearless approach by identifying the excitement in challenges
  • The key differences between leading engineering at a large company vs. a startup
  • Leveraging sponsorship from unexpected places: team members, peers, and leadership
  • How to build psychological safety on teams


    • Where to find Smita Ojha:

    • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/smitao/


      • Where to find Heidi Williams:

      • LinkedIn:⁠ ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/heidiwilliams1/⁠⁠
      • Website:⁠ ⁠https://www.joinwest.org/⁠


        • Where to find Karen Ko:

        • LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/karenko26/⁠
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