--- title: "#27: Celia Courtright [Engineering Manager] @Chewy - VAX Gaming AND the Enigma [of Culture] — TechniQ" description: Celia Courtright is an Engineering Manager @ Chewy with an innate curiosity and passion for history, a pension for reading between the lines and a keen eye for looking at how people approach problem solving. From growing up in a lab, to hardcore VAX Gaming, typewriter lessons & the Enigma [o image: https://www.techniq.io/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Celia_Image_original.png --- [![logo-techniq-1](https://www.techniq.io/hs-fs/hubfs/logo-techniq-1.png?length=300&name=logo-techniq-1.png "logo-techniq-1")](https://www.techniq.io/) - [Consulting](https://www.techniq.io/capabilities) - [Mission](https://www.techniq.io/mission) - [Team](https://www.techniq.io/team) - [Podcasts](https://www.techniq.io/podcasts) - [Contact Us](https://www.techniq.io/contact) - [Consulting](https://www.techniq.io/capabilities) - [Mission](https://www.techniq.io/mission) - [Team](https://www.techniq.io/team) - [Podcasts](https://www.techniq.io/podcasts) - [Contact Us](https://www.techniq.io/contact) October 3, 2018 # #27: Celia Courtright \[Engineering Manager\] @Chewy - VAX Gaming AND the Enigma \[of Culture\] — TechniQ [Justin Wissman](https://www.techniq.io/podcasts/author/justin-wissman) [mailto:?subject=Check%20out%20https://www.techniq.io/podcasts/2019/3/17/27-celia-courtright-engineering-manager-chewy-vax-gaming-and-the-enigma-of-culture](mailto:?subject=Check%20out%20https://www.techniq.io/podcasts/2019/3/17/27-celia-courtright-engineering-manager-chewy-vax-gaming-and-the-enigma-of-culture) ![#27: Celia Courtright \[Engineering Manager\] @Chewy - VAX Gaming AND the Enigma \[of Culture\] — TechniQ](https://www.techniq.io/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Celia_Image_original.png "#27: Celia Courtright [Engineering Manager] @Chewy - VAX Gaming AND the Enigma [of Culture] — TechniQ") Celia Courtright is an Engineering Manager @ Chewy with an innate curiosity and passion for history, a pension for reading between the lines and a keen eye for looking at how people approach problem solving. From growing up in a lab, to hardcore VAX Gaming, typewriter lessons & the Enigma \[of Culture\] we cover it all. This is a great one to learn how to create a trust-based, team environment conducive to success and positive growth @ scale. Collaboration, mindset, curiosity, a willingness to learn and willingness to fail - all the while Iterating on ideas that come from a place of passion. This is what it takes to find success when you're trying to build better algorithms than Amazon. Ready. Steady. Learn. 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