TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2021

To wit, one common theme that came from our recent profiles of Expensify and NS1 is the centrality of file sharing (or, illegal file sharing if you are on that side of the fence) and internet infrastructure in the origin stories of the two companies. 1 napkin and 22 lines of code, or how NS1 rewrote the rules of internet infrastructure.

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Innovation Internet Engineering Engineering Culture 249

James Shore

APRIL 27, 2024

Enough that I don’t do any coding myself, and the managers that report to me don’t have time to do much either.) What I’m really doing is changing the engineering culture at OpenSesame. Culture doesn’t change easily. Bigger than a breadbox, anyway. It tends to snap back. This makes room for a lot more skills.

Software Engineering 75

Software Engineering Engineering Technical Advisors Software 75

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.

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Part-Time VPE Engineering B2C Technical Review 98

LaunchDarkly

JUNE 12, 2020

Prior to taking on the tactical project manager role, I was in a senior engineering manager role. The technical project manager role was actually pretty new. But as the engineering manager there, I grew a team from zero. A team of me to a team of about somewhere between 20 and 25 software engineers.

Weak Development Team 52

Weak Development Team Part-Time VPE Development Engineering 52