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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. My managers tell me that they’re seeing shifts in behavior, with people volunteering to lead meetings and take on work they didn’t before.

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A Software Engineering Career Ladder

James Shore

Where the old spreadsheet focused on individual ownership and investigating new technologies, the new one emphasizes teamwork, peer leadership, and maintainable code. I’m hoping this will help direct people to new behaviors, which will in turn start to change the engineering culture.

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Why engaged teams are not always the best performers?

Abhishek Tiwari

In the context of engineering teams, high-performing teams usually show a bit of discontent and frustration which the traditional model of engagement (e.g. In the context of engineering teams, Demands refer to an individual, team, work, or organisation related challenges that require sustained cognitive and/or emotional effort.

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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.