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A Software Engineering Career Ladder

James Shore

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. Managers evaluate each engineers’ skills by talking to team members and observing their work.

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

Gitprime

These are strategies that these three tech leaders have used in their organizations to improve connectivity and reduce isolation: DOCUMENT EVERYTHING. Documentation is key,” Armandpour says. “We We work with the presumption across the board that when your water cooler conversation turns into a decision, you must document it.”.

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

Honeycomb

ICs may only come into contact with the outputs of this work in the form of an annual presentation or a summary document. The further you go on the management ladder, the more doing a good job in your role can become decoupled from appearing to your team to do a good job in your role.