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

Gitprime

Engineering is still a human sport at the end of the day.”. And the same goes for distributed managers, as well—particularly when an organization is starting to go remote. We have an engineering manager in Colorado, who was a remote manager before, who helped us understand remote strategies.

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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.