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Honeycomb
JULY 12, 2023
This post is part of a short series about my experience in the VP of Engineering role at Honeycomb. In February of 2020, I was promoted from Director of Engineering to Honeycomb’s first VP of Engineering. Happily, all these things turned out to be true and are still true to this day.
Honeycomb
AUGUST 19, 2022
There was fresh momentum around the idea that engineering ICs should be able to progress up a dedicated technical career ladder—one that didn’t top out where management levels began, or push ICs on an up-or-out path into management. These constraints incentivized managers to think hard about how to retain and grow their best senior engineers.
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CIO
AUGUST 31, 2023
As VP of Engineering, Burke now leads multiple web and mobile development teams, as well as Discover’s customer delivery channels. In his current role, Burke is committed to giving back and mentoring other engineers as they grow their careers. IT Leadership Learn more about the inspiring people of Discover.
Gitprime
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
In this Perspectives in Engineering interview series, engineering leaders talk about how to build, coach, and scale world-class technology teams. Saminda Wijegunawardena , VP of Engineering at Box, calls this increasing distance “abstraction.” Those are opportunities you can create to stretch engineers,” he says.
Gitprime
JUNE 11, 2019
Taking on an engineering leadership role can be disorienting for fresh recruits from the engineering ranks and seasoned veterans alike. Hogan spent more than a decade leveling up engineering organizations and growing leaders at companies like Etsy (as an Engineering Director) and Kickstarter (as VP of Engineering).
Marcus Blankenship - Podcasts
JULY 11, 2019
While most think that leaders are “born,” Katie Womersley, VP of Engineering at Buffer, disagrees. Leaders and managers both require skills that can be taught, and developing those employees from within the company can be the most timely and economically efficient way to do so. Setting expectations for leadership growth.
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.
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