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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. The whole tech industry would benefit from more perspectives in this role.

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Startups, if your CEO isn’t running your fundraising, you’re doing it wrong

TechCrunch

As a company matures, though, the CEO’s role typically shrinks more and more, until they only have three jobs left: Set the culture for the company. Hire the right people to build the company. In the earliest days when there’s just two or three of you building a company, everybody does everything.

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

Honeycomb

There was fresh momentum around the idea that engineering ICs should be able to progress up a dedicated technical career ladder—one that didn’t top out where management levels began, or push ICs on an up-or-out path into management. These constraints incentivized managers to think hard about how to retain and grow their best senior engineers.

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DevOps influencers to follow this year

Apiumhub

Even Though you may find thousands of influencers on the internet, it is hard to know who is truly worth following. He’s authored no less than seven books about software development and has been a columnist for a number of software publications. There you will find useful DevOps information on a daily basis. Bridget Kromhout .

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Introducing Engineering Management to a Growing Organization

Gitprime

He also now sits on the board of Creative Commons and he co-authored the bestselling book * How F d Up is Your Management? Nightingale recently sat down with GitPrime’s CEO, Travis Kimmel , for an episode on Software Engineering Radio. VP: The VP is typically the highest point on the tree for gathering everyone in a function.

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Anything But Tech Debt

Honeycomb

There’s a lot to say about refactoring, with many good books written on the topic. If you ever find yourself in an intractable debate on tech debt investments, I encourage you to try one of the more precise labels for the work you’d like to do. Interested in reading more about engineering management?

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AoAD2 Chapter 3: How to Be Agile

James Shore

It’s easy because, in most cases, they can start with one of the many off-the-shelf Agile methods, like the one in this book. So, although it’s tempting to customize your Agile method from the beginning, it’s best to start out with a by-the-book approach. Parts II-IV of this book describe the practices for each zone.

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