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On Becoming a VP of Engineering, Part 1: The Path to VP

Honeycomb

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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How Buffer.com Develops Engineering Leadership Skills From Day 1 With Katie Womersley

Marcus Blankenship - Podcasts

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. Leaders vs. Managers. Setting expectations for leadership growth. Perception management and vulnerability. Episode 11.

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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. 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.

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Honeycomb Welcomes New VP of Product

Honeycomb

This is the second time we’ve grown an executive from within. One year ago, I wrote a similar post welcoming Emily Nakashima to her new role as VP of Engineering. At Honeycomb, it’s important to me that we promote people and hire from within, and that we be transparent about what we choose to reward as an organization.

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Scaling Technology and Organizations Together with Randy Shoup

Gitprime

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 product managers into the team.

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It’s No Secret: Enterprises Reveal Customers’ Choice in the 2024 Gartner® Peer Insights™ Voice of the Customer for Primary Storage

Infinidat

You can find out right now why a slew of Global Fortune 500 enterprises deploy Infinidat enterprise storage solutions, including our award-winning InfiniBox™ SSA II all-flash system, InfiniBox® hybrid, and InfiniGuard®, supported by our unparalleled white glove service. Never had an issue. stars out of 5 in the Primary Storage Arrays market.

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AoAD2 Chapter 3: How to Be Agile

James Shore

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 engineering manager found my thoughts about scaling insightful, so he introduced me to his VP of Engineering.

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