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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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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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Apiumhub supports Craft Conference one more year

Apiumhub

Craft Conference is an event where any type of engineers, team leaders, agile coaches, engineering managers, executives/founders, UX/product people could learn a lot. that can be successfully leveraged by individual engineers. Team and organisational level topics, best practices (agile, devops etc.)

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20 influential women in software development

Apiumhub

A sought after speaker and coach, Mala Gupta’s Java books with Manning Publications, USA, are top-rated for Oracle Certification around the globe. Her preferred coaching method is working side-by-side with testers and teams to help them understand their problems and find good ways to deliver better business value.

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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. Ensure each team includes a coach who can teach Focusing practices. The VP liked what I had to say.

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