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

James Shore

JANUARY 10, 2025

But this isnt a talk about measuring productivity. This is a talk about what you do, as VP of Engineering, when somebody asks for the impossible. turn right] How are you measuring productivity? And, as a fully remote company, we have a lot of flexibility in where we hire. It cant be done. turn left] Im not.

Engineering 141

Engineering Software Review Weak Development Team Agile 141

Gitprime

APRIL 13, 2019

asks Randy Shoup , the VP of Engineering at WeWork. Shoup himself has worked as an engineering leader with several companies of various sizes during periods of intense scaling over the last three decades. Utilize managers to make their teams as productive as possible. Incorporate product managers into the team.

Organization 81

Organization Technology Minimum Viable Product Part-Time VPE 81

James Shore

AUGUST 19, 2024

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.

Software Engineering 63

Software Engineering Technical Advisors Engineering Software 63

James Shore

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Start with an influential manager you trust and recruit them as an ally. In your conversations, starting with that first manager, talk about the challenges your organization faces with software development. The manager was looking for someone to lead a small team. The VP liked what I had to say. Don’t give up.

Agile 103

Agile How To Weak Development Team Part-Time VPE 103

James Shore

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Large changes—those that directly impact more than 30-70 people—require professional change management. Depending on the size of your organization, your HR department may have change management experts on staff who can help. If not, you can hire consultants. See the “Make Time for Learning” section.).

Agile 94

Agile Weak Development Team Part-Time VPE Coaching 94

Marcus Blankenship - Podcasts

JULY 11, 2019

There is an inherent difference between leaders and managers that is often overlooked. While most think that leaders are “born,” Katie Womersley, VP of Engineering at Buffer, disagrees. I am VP of Engineering over there. We’re currently 90 folks in the company overall, 35 in engineering. Episode 11.

Engineering 58

Engineering Leadership Weak Development Team Part-Time VPE 58