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On Becoming a VP of Engineering, Part 1: The Path to VP

Honeycomb

I was curious about moving up the engineering management ladder eventually, but I assumed a VP opportunity would be out of reach for a long time, if ever. Camille Fournier’s The Manager’s Path is one good exception to this. The post On Becoming a VP of Engineering, Part 1: The Path to VP appeared first on Honeycomb.

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2020: The Year Bee-hind Us

Honeycomb

One thing that stood out to me this year was how much our leadership team went out of their way to make sure folks felt taken care of. 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.

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2020: The Year Bee-hind Us

Honeycomb

One thing that stood out to me this year was how much our leadership team went out of their way to make sure folks felt taken care of. 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.

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

Gitprime

Making sure that leadership teams are in the loop and aligned and ready to answer questions before the rest of the individual contributors get the information has been super helpful for us.”. And the same goes for distributed managers, as well—particularly when an organization is starting to go remote.

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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.