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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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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. Shoup stresses that managers aren’t there to tell their teams what to do. Incorporate productmanagers into the team.
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One thing that stood out to me this year was how much our leadership team went out of their way to make sure folks felt taken care of. In light of that, I appreciate how much Honeycomb leadership worked with us to support flexible work schedules, changing financial burdens, and reduced workloads. Product and Design.
One thing that stood out to me this year was how much our leadership team went out of their way to make sure folks felt taken care of. In light of that, I appreciate how much Honeycomb leadership worked with us to support flexible work schedules, changing financial burdens, and reduced workloads. Product and Design.
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