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2020: The Year Bee-hind Us

Honeycomb

Everyone at Honeycomb has been affected by the events of this year: the pandemic plus lockdown, school closures, complete life upheaval. At the start of lockdown, many companies doubled down on their butts-in-seats culture with Zoom surveillance and other creeptastic endeavors. Cue up the Auld Lang Syne. This wasn’t easy to write.

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2020: The Year Bee-hind Us

Honeycomb

Everyone at Honeycomb has been affected by the events of this year: the pandemic plus lockdown, school closures, complete life upheaval. At the start of lockdown, many companies doubled down on their butts-in-seats culture with Zoom surveillance and other creeptastic endeavors. Cue up the Auld Lang Syne. This wasn’t easy to write.

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On Becoming a VP of Engineering, Part 2: Doing the Job

Honeycomb

I assumed being a VP would require the same amount of slack as my past engineering manager and director roles, but in practice I’ve found that it really helps to leave even more slack time. I not only need to show up to conversations with emotional energy; I need to be able to do strategic thinking and provide directional clarity.