Remove Engineering Culture Remove Part-Time VPE Remove Test-Driven Development
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The Best Product Engineering Org in the World

James Shore

This is a talk about what you do, as VP of Engineering, when somebody asks for the impossible. We use Extreme Programming as our model of how to develop software. They also love test-driven development, pairing, continuous integration, and evolutionary design. They tend to be passionate, senior developers.

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Update on Software Engineering Career Ladder

James Shore

Back in April , I posted the new career ladder I was planning to introduce at OpenSesame, which I’ve joined as VP of Engineering. We rolled it out in July, so now’s a good time to share what we’ve learned so far. PDF) Culture Changes The purpose of the new career ladder is to help change the engineering culture at OpenSesame.