Honeycomb

AUGUST 19, 2022

Or, the small crisis with engineering management. In 2018, Honeycomb co-founder & CTO Charity Majors wrote a blog post titled, “An Engineer’s Bill of Rights (and Responsibilities).” When it was originally posted, back in 2018, it was timely. I’m also no longer primarily a line manager myself.

Engineering 145

Engineering Part-Time VPE CTO Coach Engineering Management 145

Gitprime

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Nightingale recently sat down with GitPrime’s CEO, Travis Kimmel , for an episode on Software Engineering Radio. Their conversation covered everything from how startups should think about management and how to hire for it, to “troubleshooting” management. Why management matters. Everyone knows who they report to.

Engineering Management 40

Engineering Management Engineering Part-Time VPE Organization 40

Honeycomb

AUGUST 3, 2023

For this sort of situation, regular on-call health reporting can go a long way. If you ever find yourself in an intractable debate on tech debt investments, I encourage you to try one of the more precise labels for the work you’d like to do. Interested in reading more about engineering management?

Part-Time VPE 98

Part-Time VPE Engineering Software Engineering Tools 98

Honeycomb

JANUARY 5, 2021

I believe this human-centered approach is a big part of what’s helped us attract so many amazing new hires. We’ve doubled the size of the company this year, with growth on all fronts: engineering, product, design, marketing, sales. Though our deploy velocity remained the same, the engineering org has been far from stagnant.

Part-Time VPE 59

Part-Time VPE Technical Review Engineering Software Review 59

Honeycomb

JANUARY 5, 2021

I believe this human-centered approach is a big part of what’s helped us attract so many amazing new hires. We’ve doubled the size of the company this year, with growth on all fronts: engineering, product, design, marketing, sales. Though our deploy velocity remained the same, the engineering org has been far from stagnant.

Part-Time VPE 52

Part-Time VPE Technical Review Engineering Software Review 52

Gitprime

JUNE 11, 2019

Taking on an engineering leadership role can be disorienting for fresh recruits from the engineering ranks and seasoned veterans alike. Hogan spent more than a decade leveling up engineering organizations and growing leaders at companies like Etsy (as an Engineering Director) and Kickstarter (as VP of Engineering).

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Coaching Weak Development Team Part-Time VPE Fractional VPE 45

Marcus Blankenship - Podcasts

DECEMBER 10, 2019

So normally, the way I support managers is like writing and coaching and those kinds of things, but like I am not their manager. How can I help managers who care about this stuff, support the people who report to them in like a little bit of a new way. Marcus: Why did you feel this was the right time for this book?

CTO Coach 52

CTO Coach Coaching Weak Development Team Part-Time VPE 52