Honeycomb

JULY 12, 2023

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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Honeycomb

AUGUST 19, 2022

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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Gitprime

DECEMBER 31, 2018

GitPrime elevates engineering leadership with objective data. In this interview series, Engineering Leaders talk about how to build high performing teams. Nightingale recently sat down with GitPrime’s CEO, Travis Kimmel , for an episode on Software Engineering Radio. Go focus all your energy and innovation on that.

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Marcus Blankenship - Podcasts

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Manager dens- where you can experience coaching, mentoring, and a safe space, Vegas rules session. @23:57. Mentoring is sharing advice and perspective; coaching is helping someone come to their own conclusions. @25:56. Coaching is what helps people grow. @26:26. What are you optimizing for? @30:24. Transcript. Lara: Oh, okay.

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James Shore

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Performance and morale decline. Feelings of chaos decrease, morale improves, and performance climbs. Performance has stabilized at a higher level than before the change, and continues to increase gradually as people experiment with further small changes. If not, you can hire consultants. Some days are good; some are bad.

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James Shore

OCTOBER 15, 2020

In addition, Agile practices often perform double- and triple-duty, solving multiple software development problems simultaneously and supporting each other in clever and surprising ways. Start with an influential manager you trust and recruit them as an ally. Ensure each team includes a coach who can teach Focusing practices.

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