Honeycomb

JULY 12, 2023

This post is part of a short series about my experience in the VP of Engineering role at Honeycomb. In February of 2020, I was promoted from Director of Engineering to Honeycomb’s first VP of Engineering. Happily, all these things turned out to be true and are still true to this day.

Part-Time VPE 98

Part-Time VPE Engineering Technical Review B2C 98

Github

MARCH 11, 2020

Even if you’ve never heard the term “innersource” to describe how teams build their software, you’ll probably still recognize some of the principles behind it. They’re powering code at the world’s most influential companies, and they might even be important practices on your team. Collaborate with context across teams and time zones.

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James Shore

JANUARY 10, 2025

Software engineering productivity cant be measured. This is a talk about what you do, as VP of Engineering, when somebody asks for the impossible. Our software would be easy to modify and maintain. We use Extreme Programming as our model of how to develop software. So I told the truth. It cant be done.

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Honeycomb

JANUARY 5, 2021

My purpose as a Developer Advocate is to help software teams with their work, and that work can have positive ripple effects. I believe this human-centered approach is a big part of what’s helped us attract so many amazing new hires. No Q4 code freezes for us. no oversharing or prying). So many wins in 2020.

Part-Time VPE 59

Part-Time VPE Technical Review Engineering Software Review 59

Honeycomb

JANUARY 5, 2021

My purpose as a Developer Advocate is to help software teams with their work, and that work can have positive ripple effects. I believe this human-centered approach is a big part of what’s helped us attract so many amazing new hires. No Q4 code freezes for us. no oversharing or prying). So many wins in 2020.

Part-Time VPE 52

Part-Time VPE Technical Review Engineering Software Review 52

Honeycomb

JULY 14, 2023

Charity once said an off-hand sentence that became a mantra for my transition into the VP of Engineering role: “Directors run the company.” Being a good VP requires not getting lost in the weeds and risking losing sight of the bigger picture, even when it feels like there is a tantalizing opportunity for fast impact.

Part-Time VPE 98

Part-Time VPE Engineering Weak Development Team Energy 98