Honeycomb

AUGUST 19, 2022

My current role as VP of Engineering has me managing a few senior ICs, but I am mostly managing other managers and directors now. To help protect our engineering managers and support them in some of the challenges of this changing role, I propose the following contract. Engineering manager’s Bill of Rights.

Engineering 145

Engineering Part-Time VPE CTO Coach Engineering Management 145

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

Battery Ventures

APRIL 8, 2019

It can be daunting to trust a challenging and high-stakes process to an outside consultant. A former boss of mine was a recruiter who only did VP of engineering and CTO searches. I live in the Bay Area, so at every social function I attend, I see people who work in the tech sector.

Part-Time VPE 40

Part-Time VPE Recruiting Fractional VPE Fractional CTO 40

Gitprime

MAY 30, 2019

Mailchimp’s engineering team is about 350 people, both distributed and remote, across the United States. Katie Womersley , VP of Engineering at Buffer. Buffer has a fully distributed engineering team—no home base, no hub, no offices. The engineering org is 35 people worldwide, covering nearly every time zone.

Engineering 75

Engineering Weak Development Team Part-Time VPE Technical Advisors 75