James Shore

APRIL 27, 2024

(I’m not sure if I’m allowed to say how many engineers we have, so let’s just say “lots,” but not “tons.” 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. It tends to snap back.

Software Engineering 75

Software Engineering Engineering Technical Advisors Software 75

Honeycomb

AUGUST 3, 2023

For this sort of situation, regular on-call health reporting can go a long way. Interested in reading more about engineering management? Read my article on Becoming a VP of Engineering. Sometimes the missing ingredient is visibility: those who could change the current setup don’t know how bad it really is.

Part-Time VPE 98

Part-Time VPE Engineering Software Engineering Tools 98

Honeycomb

JANUARY 5, 2021

Our existing deploy tooling and engineering culture made the transition to remote work go much more smoothly. Though our deploy velocity remained the same, the engineering org has been far from stagnant. In Q1 we promoted Emily Nakashima to VP of Engineering , and we hired two more engineering managers in Q4.

Part-Time VPE 59

Part-Time VPE Technical Review Engineering Software Review 59

Honeycomb

JANUARY 5, 2021

Our existing deploy tooling and engineering culture made the transition to remote work go much more smoothly. Though our deploy velocity remained the same, the engineering org has been far from stagnant. In Q1 we promoted Emily Nakashima to VP of Engineering , and we hired two more engineering managers in Q4.

Part-Time VPE 52

Part-Time VPE Technical Review Engineering Software Review 52

Honeycomb

JULY 14, 2023

I assumed being a VP would require the same amount of slack as my past engineering manager and director roles, but in practice I’ve found that it really helps to leave even more slack time. This struggle is true up and down my reporting chain, felt no less acutely by ICs or line managers on our teams.

Part-Time VPE 98

Part-Time VPE Engineering Weak Development Team Energy 98

TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2021

Expensify is an SF-founded (now Portland-based), decentralized startup focused on building expense reporting and analytics software for companies and CFOs. That’s peculiar, because the duo honestly couldn’t be more different. New York-based NS1 designs highly redundant DNS and internet traffic performance tools for web applications.

Innovation 249

Innovation Internet Engineering Engineering Culture 249