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Scaling Organizational Empathy With Box’s VPE, Saminda Wijegunawardena

Gitprime

Saminda Wijegunawardena , VP of Engineering at Box, calls this increasing distance “abstraction.” Therefore, empathy truly is within a manager’s domain. This role doesn’t change whether an engineering org is 5, 500, or 5000 strong. Develop a means of cultural acknowledgment. Well, they have a lot more data.

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Introducing Engineering Management to a Growing Organization

Gitprime

With that, the argument that they should put a people-managers on their payroll, where it sounds like their only job is for them to tell other people what to do, feels like a real waste.”. At Raw Signal Group , Nightingale conducts leadership and management training with hundreds of fast-growing tech companies.

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From OOP to FP by Joaquin Azcarate – backend developer at Apiumhub in Software Crafters Barcelona

Apiumhub

Software Crafters Barcelona is a two day event which aims to attract and connect software development professionals. Achieving this global vision is challenging and requires some strategy. From OOP (Object Oriented Programming) to FP (Functional Programing) by Joaquin Azcarate – backend developer at Apiumhub.

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Apiumhub supports Craft Conference one more year

Apiumhub

One of the largest software developer conferences in the region, with unmissable talks and workshops between 31 May to 3 June. Craft can help companies to understand how important it is to invest in the way they develop: not just into engineering but into the whole value generation process. About Craft Conference.

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AoAD2 Chapter 3: How to Be Agile

James Shore

This is a pre-release excerpt of The Art of Agile Development, Second Edition , to be published by O’Reilly in 2021. Visit the Second Edition home page for information about the open development process, additional excerpts, and more. Agile software development is an ongoing process of learning and improvement. How to Be Agile.

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Leading Remote and Distributed Engineering Teams – Top Takeaways from the Panel

Gitprime

Mailchimp’s engineering team is about 350 people, both distributed and remote, across the United States. Katie Womersley , VP of Engineering at Buffer. Buffer has a fully distributed engineering team—no home base, no hub, no offices. The engineering org is 35 people worldwide, covering nearly every time zone.

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AoAD2 Chapter 6: Invest in Change

James Shore

This is a pre-release excerpt of The Art of Agile Development, Second Edition , to be published by O’Reilly in 2021. Visit the Second Edition home page for information about the open development process, additional excerpts, and more. If not, you can hire consultants. Second Edition cover. Your feedback is appreciated!

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