Culture Energy Engineering Culture Software Review 
Honeycomb
MAY 24, 2023
Is it any surprise that studies are showing 83% of software developers are feeling burnout? That was certainly the case at Slack where releases were delayed due to a high rate (50%) of flaky tests. Deploying observable code is simply less stressful/risky because teams will know quickly if there are any issues.
Netlify
MARCH 2, 2021
These are built on three key principles: Automation : By automating recurring tasks whenever possible, we reduce the margin for human error and free up our engineers to focus on the right things. To do this effectively, we need a culture of confidence around the code that we take to production.
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Honeycomb
AUGUST 2, 2022
The energy is infectious. There’s also a strong debugging culture. There’s also a wonderful culture of documenting everything in living documents, so it’s easier to find things if I have questions. For me, it’s the emphasis on the social aspects of engineering, despite this being a very engineering and product-driven company.
Honeycomb
JULY 12, 2023
Nonetheless, I think it’s useful to share what I can about my experience in the hope that it might encourage others to seriously consider this role, especially those from backgrounds, identities, and genders poorly represented in the VP of Engineering ranks today. The whole tech industry would benefit from more perspectives in this role.
Honeycomb
JANUARY 5, 2021
My purpose as a Developer Advocate is to help software teams with their work, and that work can have positive ripple effects. At the start of lockdown, many companies doubled down on their butts-in-seats culture with Zoom surveillance and other creeptastic endeavors. No Q4 code freezes for us. no oversharing or prying).
Honeycomb
JANUARY 5, 2021
My purpose as a Developer Advocate is to help software teams with their work, and that work can have positive ripple effects. At the start of lockdown, many companies doubled down on their butts-in-seats culture with Zoom surveillance and other creeptastic endeavors. No Q4 code freezes for us. no oversharing or prying).
Honeycomb
JULY 14, 2023
Departments or teams can burn through an infinite amount of energy re-litigating these decisions with stakeholders if the exec team doesn’t tell the story of these tradeoffs from above and make clear that the avenue for strategy concerns is mostly up, not sideways. However, I learned to leave myself more slack to respond to unexpected things.
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