CIO

MARCH 13, 2025

Hiring AI talent US IT staffing firm Motion Recruitment found that AI engineers saw over a 12% growth in salaries compared to a year ago, and mid-level workers saw a 20% increase. And with all the competition for AI talent, some companies are taking a different approach to recruiting. Tell us a story,' he says.

Part-Time VPE 205

Part-Time VPE Weak Development Team Fractional VPE Fractional CTO 205

SoCal CTO

MARCH 2, 2015

I’ve written quite a bit about aspects of this topic, especially from the perspective of startup founders looking for talent – you can find these in: Startup CTO. Of course, just because a CTO or VPE is listed doesn’t mean it’s working well. Armed with your networking tool, now it’s time to get it out to all the people you know.

Technical Cofounder 63

Technical Cofounder CTO Coach Part-Time VPE Engineering 63

Honeycomb

MARCH 6, 2020

I am delighted to announce that we have a new VP of engineering: our own Emily Nakashima , formerly director of engineering (formerly manager, formerly engineer). First, I’d write a post if we had hired a new VP of engineering, so I should write one about having grown one from within.

Engineering 75

Engineering Part-Time VPE Policies Performance 75

Honeycomb

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

I am delighted to announce that we have a new VP of engineering: our own Emily Nakashima , formerly director of engineering (formerly manager, formerly engineer). First, I’d write a post if we had hired a new VP of engineering, so I should write one about having grown one from within.

Engineering 52

Engineering Part-Time VPE Policies Performance 52

James Shore

DECEMBER 4, 2020

If not, you can hire consultants. Start with an influential manager you trust and recruit them as an ally. The engineering manager found my thoughts about scaling insightful, so he introduced me to his VP of Engineering. The VP was concerned about cross-product coordination as the organization grew.

Agile 94

Agile Weak Development Team Part-Time VPE Coaching 94

LaunchDarkly

JUNE 12, 2020

On May 21, for the Test in Production Meetup on Twitch , Yoz Grahame, Developer Advocate at LaunchDarkly, moderated a panel discussion featuring Rebecca Murphey, Senior Technical PM at Indeed, and Ben Vinegar, VP of Engineering at Sentry. I’ve honestly only gone larger and larger over the course of my career.

Weak Development Team 52

Weak Development Team Part-Time VPE Development Engineering 52

Gitprime

AUGUST 15, 2019

As engineering managers and leaders, our job of course is to help our teams deliver value to the organization and its customers. Yet from a higher level, our role is to ensure that both engineers and teams continue to grow and develop. FIND OTHER OBJECTIVES TO COLLECT ALONG THE WAY.

Weak Development Team 45

Weak Development Team Engineering Development Part-Time VPE 45