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

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I was curious about moving up the engineering management ladder eventually, but I assumed a VP opportunity would be out of reach for a long time, if ever. As Charity mentioned in her blog post, at a slightly rocky point in the company trajectory, we did also explore hiring a VP of Engineering from outside the company.

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What it’s like to be a backend engineer at Netlify

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What’s your favorite part about the engineering culture (or company culture) at Netlify? Being able to have honest 1:1s with my manager and seeing results come from it. We have dedicated Slack channels for each team, and notification channels for PRs and issues.

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2020: The Year Bee-hind Us

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Our existing deploy tooling and engineering culture made the transition to remote work go much more smoothly. Though our deploy velocity remained the same, the engineering org has been far from stagnant. In Q1 we promoted Emily Nakashima to VP of Engineering , and we hired two more engineering managers in Q4.

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2020: The Year Bee-hind Us

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Our existing deploy tooling and engineering culture made the transition to remote work go much more smoothly. Though our deploy velocity remained the same, the engineering org has been far from stagnant. In Q1 we promoted Emily Nakashima to VP of Engineering , and we hired two more engineering managers in Q4.

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How to Effectively Lead High-Performing Engineering Teams

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She offers more tips in this blog post, “ Ask Miss O11y: I Don’t Want to be On Call Anymore. Fostering a healthy engineering culture. Engineering Manager, Slack . “It’s It’s hard to have one piece of practical advice because a team of engineers is a living, breathing entity. Am I a Monster?