The First One-to-One

Kayla and Tom are meeting in an Austin office room for their first official chat since Kayla was promoted to tech lead.

The First One-to-One

Listen and choose the right answer

What does Tom keep calling Kayla in an ironic way at the beginning?

• Chief
• Boss
• Director

How does Kayla feel about her new responsibilities initially?

• She feels overwhelmed and second-guesses her decisions.
• She feels completely relaxed and bored.
• She wants to stop coding entirely.

What secret does Tom reveal toward the end of the conversation?

• He broke the staging environment.
• He is planning to quit the company.
• He also applied for the tech lead role.

Why is Tom actually happy he didn't get the promotion?

• He wanted Kayla to have a higher salary.
• He wanted to avoid endless management meetings and keep writing code.
• He hates working in Austin.

Listen again and complete the sentences

• Tom: Alright, point taken. So, how are you feeling about your new ____ so far?
• Kayla: Honestly, it's been a bit overwhelming because I'm trying to maintain a ____ approach while figuring out our technical direction.
• Tom: Well, you've always ____ pretty high with your coding standards.
• Kayla: I hope so, because right now I feel like I'm failing at ____ .
• Tom: Don't ____ your thoughts during these meetings. We want you to succeed.

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