TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2021

Expensify founder and CEO David] Barrett, a self-proclaimed alpha geek and lifelong software engineer, was actually Red Swoosh’s last engineering manager, hired after the failure of his first project, iGlance.com , a P2P push-to-talk program that couldn’t compete against Skype.

Innovation 249

Innovation Internet Engineering Engineering Culture 249

Honeycomb

JULY 12, 2023

I was curious about moving up the engineering management ladder eventually, but I assumed a VP opportunity would be out of reach for a long time, if ever. Our executive team also already had some accomplished, seasoned external hires within our go to market functions. It’s good to see both sides at some point.

Part-Time VPE 98

Part-Time VPE Engineering Technical Review B2C 98

James Shore

JANUARY 10, 2025

Wed be the engine of a profitable and growing business. Wed work with our internal stakeholders to ensure our products were ready for the real world of sales, marketing, content, support, partners, accounting, and every other aspect of our business. Are we the best product engineering org in the world today? Profitability.

Engineering 141

Engineering Software Review Weak Development Team Agile 141

Honeycomb

JANUARY 5, 2021

We’ve doubled the size of the company this year, with growth on all fronts: engineering, product, design, marketing, sales. Our existing deploy tooling and engineering culture made the transition to remote work go much more smoothly. Marketing and DevRel. Marketing is another team that grew significantly in 2020.

Part-Time VPE 59

Part-Time VPE Technical Review Engineering Software Review 59

Honeycomb

JANUARY 5, 2021

We’ve doubled the size of the company this year, with growth on all fronts: engineering, product, design, marketing, sales. Our existing deploy tooling and engineering culture made the transition to remote work go much more smoothly. Marketing and DevRel. Marketing is another team that grew significantly in 2020.

Part-Time VPE 52

Part-Time VPE Technical Review Engineering Software Review 52

Honeycomb

JULY 14, 2023

For example, right as I was transitioning into this role, I did inhumane things with my own schedule to quickly build out our SOC 2 and HIPAA compliance programs at the request of our go-to-market leaders.

Part-Time VPE 98

Part-Time VPE Engineering Weak Development Team Energy 98