Gitprime

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Saminda Wijegunawardena , VP of Engineering at Box, calls this increasing distance “abstraction.” After all, Wijegunawardena has discovered that engineers learn best not by one-on-one consultation with a mentor, but by doing the work with their mentors and senior peers. Hire for character first, competency second.

Part-Time VPE 45

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Gitprime

MAY 2, 2019

For the last ten years, Buriticá has successfully been building and scaling distributed engineering teams and Latin American open source software communities. In this interview, Buriticá delves into the ins and outs of sourcing engineers in other countries, including universal lessons he’s learned from his own very particular experiences.

Part-Time VPE 76

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Gitprime

MARCH 13, 2019

You can watch the entire webinar here , or read on for six highlights from the discussion with Randy Shoup , the VP of Engineering at WeWork; Cornelia Davis , the Senior Director of Technology at Pivotal; and Saminda Wijegunawardena , the Vice President of Engineering at Box. Where do you put the contracts in place?

Part-Time VPE 58

Part-Time VPE Engineering Weak Development Team Fractional VPE 58