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How engineering managers can effectively support engineers, teams, and organizations

CircleCI

The typical job description for many engineering manager roles is action-packed. It is a mix of hands-on coding, technical leadership and decision making, process and project management, product oversight, people management, finding and hiring talent … the list goes on. What do engineers need to thrive at work?

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Novanta’s Sarah Betadam on transforming the IT model status quo

CIO

Betadam is well-suited for the task, given the range of her experience prior to joining Novanta more than four years ago, and holds a doctorate in engineering and engineering management, as well as degrees in computer science from noted universities. Do you see this as impacting your innovation initiatives in any way?

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The CIO’s primary job: Developing future IT leaders

CIO

But it is equally vital to identify those people who can develop into managers and create a path forward for them as well. The best salesperson does not always make the best sales manager. The most innovative engineer does not always become the most successful engineering manager.

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Sequoia’s Surge reveals 15 India, SEA startups in seventh cohort

TechCrunch

Sequoia Capital India and Southeast Asia disclosed 15 early-stage startups it has selected for the seventh cohort of its accelerator program Surge, pushing ahead with new investments even as the deal activity has considerably slowed in the region. Nearly half of them have a presence in the U.S. and European markets, Sequoia said.

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Disney-backed Inworld raises new cash for its AI-powered virtual characters

TechCrunch

AI-powered text-, art- and audio-generating systems will soon make — and already are making — their way into the tools people use every day, from programming environments and spellcheck plugins to concept art creation platforms. and then an engineering manager at Dialogflow. Ermolenko was the VP of R&D at API.ai

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Top 20 Female Speakers in Software Development Events

Apiumhub

Initiatives such as mentorship programs, diverse speaker panels, and safe spaces for sharing ideas can help foster confidence and encourage women to share their expertise more freely. Encouraging and amplifying the voices of female developers can lead to a more inclusive and innovative tech industry.

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A Software Engineering Career Ladder

James Shore

It’s been a fascinating opportunity to rebuild an engineering organization from the inside, and I’m loving every minute. We’re introducing a lot of cutting-edge software development practices, such as self-organizing vertically-scaled teams and Extreme Programming. Each piece of evidence contributed towards an engineer’s promotion.