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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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The Best Product Engineering Org in the World

James Shore

But this isnt a talk about measuring productivity. This is a talk about what you do, as VP of Engineering, when somebody asks for the impossible. turn right] How are you measuring productivity? We use Extreme Programming as our model of how to develop software. And theyre dying to be part of an XP team again.

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Here’s what’s happening on day 1 of TC Sessions: Mobility

TechCrunch

Get ready for two days of programming dedicated to taking a deeper dive into the future of transportation and to meet the people who are shaping it. These smaller, intimate sessions are designed to allow industry experts and attendees the time and forum to get to the heart of various topics across the mobility spectrum.

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Chief Technology Officer: Understanding the Main Tech Person In a Company

Altexsoft

In an older organization, this is a C-level executive who investigates the technology trends and implements them within the product in accordance with the product vision, strategy, and roadmap. CTO vs CIO vs VP of Engineering vs Technical director. VP of Engineering – tech team management.

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20 influential women in software development

Apiumhub

She is responsible for R&D (both product management & engineering) for GemFire and associated Pivotal Cloud Cache product. Lisa also co-authored Testing Extreme Programming (Boston: Addison-Wesley, 2002) with Tip House. 20 influential women in software development. . 1 – Elisabeth Hendrickson. LinkedIn.

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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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AoAD2 Chapter 3: How to Be Agile

James Shore

The majority of this book—parts two through four—is dedicated to a curated set of Agile practices that have been proven in practice. Start with an influential manager you trust and recruit them as an ally. The engineering manager found my thoughts about scaling insightful, so he introduced me to his VP of Engineering.

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