Gitprime

JUNE 11, 2019

Taking on an engineering leadership role can be disorienting for fresh recruits from the engineering ranks and seasoned veterans alike. Hogan spent more than a decade leveling up engineering organizations and growing leaders at companies like Etsy (as an Engineering Director) and Kickstarter (as VP of Engineering).

Coaching 45

Coaching Weak Development Team Part-Time VPE Fractional VPE 45

James Shore

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Start with an influential manager you trust and recruit them as an ally. Here’s an example of how manager buy-in works in a complex situation, drawn from my experience as a consultant. I was originally approached by an engineering manager at a company with several hundred engineers and about 45 software teams.

Agile 103

Agile How To Weak Development Team Part-Time VPE 103

James Shore

DECEMBER 4, 2020

If not, you can hire consultants. Some Agile consultants have change management experience and can guide both aspects of your Agile adoption. Start with an influential manager you trust and recruit them as an ally. Here’s an example of how manager buy-in works in a complex situation, drawn from my experience as a consultant.

Agile 94

Agile Weak Development Team Part-Time VPE Coaching 94

taos

JULY 18, 2017

Frankly, I don’t know a single CIO, CTO or VP of Engineering or Operations that would disagree with me. Whether in the form of attracting attackers, or offering forensic evidence, contributing security experiences for group review will only improve the security of any solution. Public cloud is not cheaper! There, I said it!

Cloud 40

Cloud Part-Time VPE Data Center Technical Review 40