Camille Fournier
VP Engineering, Common Services @ CoreWeave
Author of The Manager's Path. Previously MD of Platform Engineering at JPMorgan and CTO at Rent the Runway.
“The things engineers are desperate for PMs to understand, covering team leadership, product design, and engineering tradeoffs.”
Career History
| Company | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| CoreWeave | VP Engineering, Common Services | ~2023-present |
| Two Sigma Investments | Head of Platform Engineering | ~2018-~2023 |
| Rent the Runway | CTO (prev. Director of Engineering) | 2011-~2018 |
| Goldman Sachs | VP of Technology | ~2005-2011 |
| Microsoft | Software Engineer | ~2003-~2005 |
Vault Colleagues
Episodes (1)
Top Topics
Related People
Quotable Clips
“Even though I will totally agree that sometimes you're going to get details that don't really matter and you just have to be a little bit patient in those circumstances.”
The things engineers are desperate for PMs to understand | Camille Fournier (author of “The Manager’s Path,” ex-CTO at Rent the Runway)
“Yeah, I mean that's my ... that happens without you doing that, sometimes.”
The things engineers are desperate for PMs to understand | Camille Fournier (author of “The Manager’s Path,” ex-CTO at Rent the Runway)
“The more you can build that network of people that are still hands-on and stay in touch with that, I do think that helps a lot.”
The things engineers are desperate for PMs to understand | Camille Fournier (author of “The Manager’s Path,” ex-CTO at Rent the Runway)
“I think maybe I saw a clip of it, but I haven't listened to it.”
The things engineers are desperate for PMs to understand | Camille Fournier (author of “The Manager’s Path,” ex-CTO at Rent the Runway)
“I think being aware of, but not necessarily chasing them, but particularly, if you're working in groups, teams, larger companies, even midsize companies, there is some amount of, you're balancing the ...”
The things engineers are desperate for PMs to understand | Camille Fournier (author of “The Manager’s Path,” ex-CTO at Rent the Runway)
“I don't want to say that that's impossible. I just think that if you care about being technical, if you are technical now and you want to maintain that tech-savvy, don't just become a manager the firs...”
The things engineers are desperate for PMs to understand | Camille Fournier (author of “The Manager’s Path,” ex-CTO at Rent the Runway)
“If you were programming a lot in high school and you got an undergraduate degree, so let's say you've got six years-”
The things engineers are desperate for PMs to understand | Camille Fournier (author of “The Manager’s Path,” ex-CTO at Rent the Runway)
“I think I might've forgotten about it at this point, but there is nothing as satisfying because you get the fast feedback loop. It's just wonderful. Yeah.”
The things engineers are desperate for PMs to understand | Camille Fournier (author of “The Manager’s Path,” ex-CTO at Rent the Runway)
“So do you not think product managers also do this? Because I think product managers also actually suffer from exactly this kind of-”
The things engineers are desperate for PMs to understand | Camille Fournier (author of “The Manager’s Path,” ex-CTO at Rent the Runway)
“I didn't go to lunch and chat with people all every day, but I was very, very productive and I learned to get a lot done in a short period of time. And I do think learning those skills earlier in your...”
The things engineers are desperate for PMs to understand | Camille Fournier (author of “The Manager’s Path,” ex-CTO at Rent the Runway)
“I mean, yeah, I have a lot of rituals. I have my caffeination rituals.”
The things engineers are desperate for PMs to understand | Camille Fournier (author of “The Manager’s Path,” ex-CTO at Rent the Runway)
“Yeah, and you're never going to scale if you don't delegate.”
The things engineers are desperate for PMs to understand | Camille Fournier (author of “The Manager’s Path,” ex-CTO at Rent the Runway)