My promotion to Director of Product Management has been announced to the team.<\/p>\n
I set as a goal for 30 to be promoted. I’ve wanted this for two reasons:<\/p>\n
1) External validation that I’ve contributed to the story of TokBox. I’ve been here for almost 6 years now. I’ve had two careers. One in engineering. One in product. The arc throughout has been platform, platform, platform (even when it wasn’t). And now I’m excited to be able to tell this story to the world. <\/p>\n
2) Personal satisfaction that I’ve grown and passed through a significant professional milestone. <\/p>\n
And now I’m there. And it feels amazing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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