James Shore

APRIL 27, 2024

What I’m really doing is changing the engineering culture at OpenSesame. Culture doesn’t change easily. I’m hoping this will help direct people to new behaviors, which will in turn start to change the engineering culture. Bigger than a breadbox, anyway. It tends to snap back. This makes room for a lot more skills.

Software Engineering 75

Software Engineering Engineering Technical Advisors Software 75

James Shore

AUGUST 19, 2024

PDF) Culture Changes The purpose of the new career ladder is to help change the engineering culture at OpenSesame. Software Engineer Software Engineers contribute to the work of their team without explicit guidance. We rolled it out in July, so now’s a good time to share what we’ve learned so far.

Software Engineering 63

Software Engineering Technical Advisors Engineering Software 63

James Shore

JANUARY 10, 2025

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. This is a big cultural shift! And were an XP shop. You see, Extreme Programming is too.

Engineering 141

Engineering Software Review Weak Development Team Agile 141