Remove Engineering Remove Engineering Management Remove Weak Development Team
article thumbnail

The CIO’s primary job: Developing future IT leaders

CIO

But it is equally vital to identify those people who can develop into managers and create a path forward for them as well. The best salesperson does not always make the best sales manager. The most innovative engineer does not always become the most successful engineering manager.

article thumbnail

Managing Engineering Teams During Economic Downturns

DevOps.com

We’ve seen thousands of layoffs at public tech companies, along with weak stock performances and a decline in venture capital funding.

article thumbnail

How to hire great engineers when you don’t have any technical expertise

TechCrunch

Marcelo Wiermann leads the global recommendations engineering division at Delivery Hero , one of the world's leading online food ordering and quick commerce companies. Recruiting a winning engineering team can be intimidating, especially for first-time and non-technical founders. Marcelo Wiermann. Contributor. Engagement.

article thumbnail

An Engineering Manager’s Bill of Rights (and Responsibilities)

Honeycomb

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).” The software engineering community was rethinking some long-held ideas about engineering career paths. No rights for them.

article thumbnail

Data engineers vs. data scientists

O'Reilly Media - Data

The two positions are not interchangeable—and misperceptions of their roles can hurt teams and compromise productivity. It’s important to understand the differences between a data engineer and a data scientist. Misunderstanding or not knowing these differences are making teams fail or underperform with big data.

article thumbnail

Guide To Creating Candidate Personas For Tech Teams

Hacker Earth Developers Blog

In such times, maybe it’s not a bad idea to go back to the drawing board and redefine ‘who’ you are looking for. Step 1: Understanding Developer Candidate Personas. Developer personas are an off-shoot of this oft-used strategy; with a few tweaks and changes to make it engineering-friendly. All on board? Let’s begin!

article thumbnail

Update on Software Engineering Career Ladder

James Shore

Back in April , I posted the new career ladder I was planning to introduce at OpenSesame, which I’ve joined as VP of Engineering. PDF) Culture Changes The purpose of the new career ladder is to help change the engineering culture at OpenSesame. For managers that know their employees well, the work’s been tolerable.