TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2021

Expensify founder and CEO David] Barrett, a self-proclaimed alpha geek and lifelong software engineer, was actually Red Swoosh’s last engineering manager, hired after the failure of his first project, iGlance.com , a P2P push-to-talk program that couldn’t compete against Skype.

Innovation 249

Innovation Internet Engineering Engineering Culture 249

Honeycomb

JULY 12, 2023

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. Our executive team also already had some accomplished, seasoned external hires within our go to market functions. It’s good to see both sides at some point.

Part-Time VPE 98

Part-Time VPE Engineering B2C Technical Review 98

Honeycomb

JANUARY 5, 2021

We’ve doubled the size of the company this year, with growth on all fronts: engineering, product, design, marketing, sales. Our existing deploy tooling and engineering culture made the transition to remote work go much more smoothly. Marketing and DevRel. Marketing is another team that grew significantly in 2020.

Part-Time VPE 57

Part-Time VPE Technical Review Engineering Software Review 57

Honeycomb

JANUARY 5, 2021

We’ve doubled the size of the company this year, with growth on all fronts: engineering, product, design, marketing, sales. Our existing deploy tooling and engineering culture made the transition to remote work go much more smoothly. Marketing and DevRel. Marketing is another team that grew significantly in 2020.

Part-Time VPE 52

Part-Time VPE Technical Review Engineering Software Review 52

Honeycomb

JULY 14, 2023

For example, right as I was transitioning into this role, I did inhumane things with my own schedule to quickly build out our SOC 2 and HIPAA compliance programs at the request of our go-to-market leaders.

Part-Time VPE 98

Part-Time VPE Engineering Weak Development Team Energy 98