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

Part-Time VPE 98

Part-Time VPE Engineering B2C Technical Review 98

Honeycomb

JANUARY 5, 2021

Honeycomb, the company. At the start of lockdown, many companies doubled down on their butts-in-seats culture with Zoom surveillance and other creeptastic endeavors. . I believe this human-centered approach is a big part of what’s helped us attract so many amazing new hires. Shipping is your company’s heartbeat.

Part-Time VPE 58

Part-Time VPE Technical Review Engineering Software Review 58

Honeycomb

JANUARY 5, 2021

Honeycomb, the company. At the start of lockdown, many companies doubled down on their butts-in-seats culture with Zoom surveillance and other creeptastic endeavors. . I believe this human-centered approach is a big part of what’s helped us attract so many amazing new hires. Shipping is your company’s heartbeat.

Part-Time VPE 52

Part-Time VPE Technical Review Engineering Software Review 52

Marcus Blankenship - Podcasts

JULY 11, 2019

There is an inherent difference between leaders and managers that is often overlooked. While most think that leaders are “born,” Katie Womersley, VP of Engineering at Buffer, disagrees. And what is Buffer anyway, besides it’s just a great company name, but what is it and what do you do there? Katie: Thank you.

Engineering 58

Engineering Leadership Weak Development Team Part-Time VPE 58

James Shore

DECEMBER 4, 2020

You’ve figured out which investments your company needs to make. Exactly how disruptive it is depends on how many teams are affected and how well you manage the change. Large changes—those that directly impact more than 30-70 people—require professional change management. If not, you can hire consultants. Don’t skimp.

Agile 94

Agile Weak Development Team Part-Time VPE Coaching 94

James Shore

OCTOBER 15, 2020

2 If you have many teams, the overall time frame will be longer. I see many more companies with mediocre Agile teams than great Agile teams. People burn out on the mismatch between Agile ideas and company values. If your company is new to Agile ideas, regardless of whether they already use the name, use kaikaku.

Agile 103

Agile How To Weak Development Team Part-Time VPE 103

Gitprime

APRIL 13, 2019

And that’s the stage where many of us don’t know what to do to usher in the next era of our company. asks Randy Shoup , the VP of Engineering at WeWork. Shoup himself has worked as an engineering leader with several companies of various sizes during periods of intense scaling over the last three decades.

Organization 81

Organization Technology Minimum Viable Product Part-Time VPE 81