Uploaded June 2021 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
Sushma Nallapeta - VP & Head of Engineering at Apartment List, talks about the failures that lead her to success. In this talk, she answers questions l:
- How to handle failures?
- Are all failures equal? I.e., when you fail as an IC vs. manager vs. leadership role?
- What were some tools, mental models, or techniques that she used to overcome failures?
- As a VP or Head of Engineering, how do you set your team up for both success and failure?
David Murray - co-founder and President of Confirm, moderated this talk.
These talks are organized by Plato (www.platohq.com).
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Sushma Nallapeta - VP & Head of Engineering at Apartment List, talks about the failures that lead her to success. In this talk, she answers questions l:
- How to handle failures?
- Are all failures equal? I.e., when you fail as an IC vs. manager vs. leadership role?
- What were some tools, mental models, or techniques that she used to overcome failures?
- As a VP or Head of Engineering, how do you set your team up for both success and failure?
David Murray - co-founder and President of Confirm, moderated this talk.
These talks are organized by Plato (www.platohq.com).
Plato is on a mission to help Engineers become great Engineering Leaders thanks to a community of Mentors from top companies such as Google, Facebook, Lyft, Slack, Trello, Netflix, Spotify, Digital Ocean, Segment, Uber...
Sign-up to meet a mentor: platohq.com
Or to become a mentor: platohq.com/become_a_mentor.html
