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

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. The “dark side” of management…is it real? Katie’s favorite resources on leadership & management. Episode 11. Transcript.

Engineering 58

Engineering Leadership Weak Development Team Part-Time VPE 58

Honeycomb

AUGUST 3, 2023

Tech debt is usually one of the most fraught topics on engineering teams. Engineers often feel they aren’t allowed enough time to address tech debt. Product partners wonder why engineers spend so much time working on it—or at least talking about it. Is the term part of why these conversations are always so hard?

Part-Time VPE 98

Part-Time VPE Engineering Software Engineering Tools 98

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. Then there’s this other part of the organization, which is the engineers and the operators of the software.”.

Organization 81

Organization Technology Minimum Viable Product Part-Time VPE 81

Gitprime

AUGUST 15, 2019

As engineering managers and leaders, our job of course is to help our teams deliver value to the organization and its customers. Yet from a higher level, our role is to ensure that both engineers and teams continue to grow and develop. So what exactly does career growth mean, and how can managers and leaders invest in it?

Weak Development Team 45

Weak Development Team Engineering Development Part-Time VPE 45

Apiumhub

MAY 10, 2022

Craft can help companies to understand how important it is to invest in the way they develop: not just into engineering but into the whole value generation process. Craft Conference is an event where any type of engineers, team leaders, agile coaches, engineering managers, executives/founders, UX/product people could learn a lot.

Conference 59

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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. Find the gap.

Agile 103

Agile How To Weak Development Team Part-Time VPE 103

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. Engineering. But we’re still small and mighty, punching way above our weight class.

Part-Time VPE 59

Part-Time VPE Technical Review Engineering Software Review 59

LaunchDarkly

JUNE 12, 2020

On May 21, for the Test in Production Meetup on Twitch , Yoz Grahame, Developer Advocate at LaunchDarkly, moderated a panel discussion featuring Rebecca Murphey, Senior Technical PM at Indeed, and Ben Vinegar, VP of Engineering at Sentry. Prior to taking on the tactical project manager role, I was in a senior engineering manager role.

Weak Development Team 52

Weak Development Team Part-Time VPE Development Engineering 52

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. The manager was looking for someone to lead a small team.

Agile 94

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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. Engineering. But we’re still small and mighty, punching way above our weight class.

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).

Coaching 45

Coaching Weak Development Team Part-Time VPE Fractional VPE 45

Marcus Blankenship - Podcasts

DECEMBER 10, 2019

But like what a classic engineering industry thing, right? The other thing I noticed actually about engineers, and engineering management as a discipline is engineers and engineering managers think that somehow they’re unique in these management responsibilities. Lara: So yeah.

CTO Coach 52

CTO Coach Coaching Weak Development Team Part-Time VPE 52

Honeycomb

JULY 14, 2023

Charity once said an off-hand sentence that became a mantra for my transition into the VP of Engineering role: “Directors run the company.” My priority number one had been to “run engineering well.” A successful startup engineering team has to say no to tantalizing opportunities constantly.

Part-Time VPE 98

Part-Time VPE Engineering Weak Development Team Energy 98