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A Software Engineering Career Ladder

James Shore

Enough that I don’t do any coding myself, and the managers that report to me don’t have time to do much either.) What I’m really doing is changing the engineering culture at OpenSesame. Culture doesn’t change easily. Managers evaluate each engineers’ skills by talking to team members and observing their work.

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Update on Software Engineering Career Ladder

James Shore

PDF) Culture Changes The purpose of the new career ladder is to help change the engineering culture at OpenSesame. As we’ve put it into practice, it’s definitely been a lot of work for managers to fill out the spreadsheets. For managers that know their employees well, the work’s been tolerable.

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Leading Remote and Distributed Engineering Teams – Top Takeaways from the Panel

Gitprime

These are strategies that these three tech leaders have used in their organizations to improve connectivity and reduce isolation: DOCUMENT EVERYTHING. Documentation is key,” Armandpour says. “We We work with the presumption across the board that when your water cooler conversation turns into a decision, you must document it.”.

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The Best Product Engineering Org in the World

James Shore

This is a matter of changing organizational culture, and organizational culture isnt easy to change. Our engineering managers are at the forefront of that effort. This is the document that describes what you need to do in order to be promoted. Before I joined, work was assigned to individual engineers.

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On Becoming a VP of Engineering, Part 2: Doing the Job

Honeycomb

ICs may only come into contact with the outputs of this work in the form of an annual presentation or a summary document. The further you go on the management ladder, the more doing a good job in your role can become decoupled from appearing to your team to do a good job in your role.