Eng. Manager Guild - [005] How Claude helped me land a new job

Valencia Codes warmly welcomes you to another Engineering Manager Guild event at the offices of Datamaran.

What is Engineering Manager Guild?
Our aim is to form a strong community of leaders in engineering in Valencia. We'll meet occasionally to share and learn from each other about the non-technical aspects of managing a tech team.

Every month, we'll switch things up: we'll bring in experienced guest speakers from successful companies, form smaller groups for discussions and problem-solving, arrange panels with multiple speakers, etc.

How Claude helped me land a new job (Presentation with Q&A)
Finding a new job as an Engineering Manager is not just about updating your CV and sending applications. In this talk, I will share how I used Claude, an AI assistant, as a thinking partner throughout my job search.

I will show real examples of how I prepared for behavioral and system design interviews, how I used peer feedback to build honest and credible stories, and why warm introductions beat cold applications every time.

The talk is practical and honest: AI did not do the job search for me, but it made me significantly better prepared for every conversation that mattered.

Objectives:
- How to use an AI assistant as a structured thinking partner, not just a text generator
- How to turn interview feedback and peer reviews into credible stories for your next role
- How to identify and bridge real gaps in your experience without faking it

Session lead: César Gómez-Mora
César is the coordinator of the Engineering Manager Guild community. He has spent 25 years in the software industry, most recently leading platform engineering teams at LanguageWire. He used AI tools extensively during his own job search, and wants to show you exactly how

Agenda
18:30 - Arrive (on time is late, we start on the dot).
18:35 - Presentation with Q&A [60 min]
19:35 - Drinks if anyone is interested