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.

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Apiumhub

MAY 10, 2022

One of the largest software developer conferences in the region, with unmissable talks and workshops between 31 May to 3 June. Craft Conference is an international festival-like event about software delivery craft. The importance of software delivery craftsmanship is increasing constantly. Check out the speakers!

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James Shore

OCTOBER 15, 2020

To share your thoughts, join the AoAD2 open review mailing list. As we’ve seen in the previous chapters, Agile is a philosophy: a way of thinking about software development. The majority of this book—parts two through four—is dedicated to a curated set of Agile practices that have been proven in practice. How to Be Agile.

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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.

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James Shore

DECEMBER 4, 2020

To share your thoughts, join the AoAD2 open review mailing list. 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.

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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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James Shore

JANUARY 10, 2025

Software engineering productivity cant be measured. This is a talk about what you do, as VP of Engineering, when somebody asks for the impossible. Our software would be easy to modify and maintain. We use Extreme Programming as our model of how to develop software. So I told the truth. It cant be done.

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