James Shore

AUGUST 19, 2024

(PDF) Culture Changes The purpose of the new career ladder is to help change the engineering culture at OpenSesame. The new ladder focuses on teamwork, peer leadership, and maintainable code. We still need to add Principal Engineer for the engineer track, and specialty skills, but this is enough for a foundation.

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James Shore

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Large changes—those that directly impact more than 30-70 people—require professional change management. Depending on the size of your organization, your HR department may have change management experts on staff who can help. Organizational leaders often underestimate the importance of change management.

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James Shore

OCTOBER 15, 2020

I was originally approached by an engineering manager at a company with several hundred engineers and about 45 software teams. The manager was looking for someone to lead a small team. The engineering manager found my thoughts about scaling insightful, so he introduced me to his VP of Engineering.

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Marcus Blankenship - Podcasts

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

It taught him about different management styles, problem-solving, and more. But most employees don’t get management training, which can cause problems down the road. Marcus and Will discuss this, plus what it takes to handle leadership roles. Most coders don’t aspire to be managers. Welcome to Programming Leadership.

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