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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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AoAD2 Chapter 6: Invest in Change

James Shore

To share your thoughts, join the AoAD2 open review mailing list. Provide training, coaching, and other ways for people to get help without feeling judged. If not, you can hire consultants. Start with an influential manager you trust and recruit them as an ally. Spend more time listening than talking. Ask them why.

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AoAD2 Chapter 3: How to Be Agile

James Shore

To share your thoughts, join the AoAD2 open review mailing list. As we’ve seen in the previous chapters, Agile is a philosophy: a way of thinking about software development. The majority of this book—parts two through four—is dedicated to a curated set of Agile practices that have been proven in practice. How to Be Agile.

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