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A Software Engineering Career Ladder

James Shore

What I’m really doing is changing the engineering culture at OpenSesame. Culture doesn’t change easily. Where the old spreadsheet focused on individual ownership and investigating new technologies, the new one emphasizes teamwork, peer leadership, and maintainable code. Bigger than a breadbox, anyway.

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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. The new ladder focuses on teamwork, peer leadership, and maintainable code. Software Engineer Software Engineers contribute to the work of their team without explicit guidance.

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The Best Product Engineering Org in the World

James Shore

Its not about literally being the best product engineering org in the world. If you did this exercise with your leadership team, youd probably get different answers. So were looking for people who have peer leadership skills, who are great at teamwork , who will take ownership and make decisions on their own.