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Ryan Varley, PhD
@ryanvarley.bsky.social
Helping you build exceptional Product, Data and Engineering teams • CTO • Engineering Fellow
If you can get comfortable with being bad at things in public, you will stop holding yourself back and supercharge your growth.
August 28, 2025 at 10:32 AM
One of the most frustrating things I see are from people who want to progress but don't take any of the opportunities around them.

They think that at a certain point someone will just tell them they are at the next level.
August 7, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Ask your team: “What did a former manager do that you valued, that I haven't adopted yet?” and learn from leaders you've never met
July 31, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Ask people about where they are going, not just where they are now.

You are hiring someone who is growing, and you want to see that their growth plans will work with yours.

#hiring
February 7, 2025 at 10:24 AM
"If we made you an offer, for what reasons would you turn it down?"

My interview questions are now live (for free) in the Data Leaders Handbook!

handbook.dataleadership.ai/interview-qu...

What are your favourite interview questions? Let me know.
Interview Questions | Data Leaders Handbook
Great questions to ask candidates in interviews.
handbook.dataleadership.ai
February 4, 2025 at 12:35 PM
❌ Have you got any feedback for me?
✅ Is there anything I do, or my process, that makes a part of your job harder than it otherwise would be?

Rephrasing your feedback questions can get you way better insights.

Learn more in my latest post blog.dataleadership.ai/p/great-one-...
Improve feedback in your 1:1s with these questions
Asking better questions will get you better answers. Here's how.
blog.dataleadership.ai
January 6, 2025 at 12:55 PM
✅ What did a former manager do that you valued, which I haven't adopted yet?
✅ Who is doing a great job on the team? What have they done?

Today I'm sharing my list of 1:1 questions that I’ve written and collected over the years 🤯.

See more here handbook.dataleadership.ai/1-1-questions/
1:1 Meeting Questions | Data Leaders Handbook
Great questions to elevate your 1:1 meetings and build trust.
handbook.dataleadership.ai
December 17, 2024 at 10:40 AM
Most of my Google searches end in "Reddit". How did we get here?
November 22, 2024 at 10:21 AM