Altexsoft

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

In the words of Ben Treynor Sloss, Google’s VP of engineering who coined the very term SRE , “it’s what happens when you ask a software engineer to design an operation function.”. Treat operations as a software problem. SRE utilizes software engineering to solve operations problems.

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Apiumhub

AUGUST 29, 2019

Here I would like to share with you the outcomes of the “Path to Principal: Defining the Modern Principal Engineer” panel discussion that I had a chance to attend. So, in this article, you will find common patterns as well as our definition of Principal Engineer based on our experience.

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Gitprime

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Nightingale recently sat down with GitPrime’s CEO, Travis Kimmel , for an episode on Software Engineering Radio. Their conversation covered everything from how startups should think about management and how to hire for it, to “troubleshooting” management. You usually only have one VP of engineering,” Nightingale says.

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LaunchDarkly

JUNE 12, 2020

On May 21, for the Test in Production Meetup on Twitch , Yoz Grahame, Developer Advocate at LaunchDarkly, moderated a panel discussion featuring Rebecca Murphey, Senior Technical PM at Indeed, and Ben Vinegar, VP of Engineering at Sentry. But as the engineering manager there, I grew a team from zero.

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Marcus Blankenship - Podcasts

JUNE 20, 2019

For a short period of time, worked for the government doing web development and then actually started a consulting business in Atlanta where my main client was the Federal Government in Washington D.C. I had one full-time employee in one part-time employee and we did staff augmentation. Eric: I joined as an engineer.

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Stackery

MAY 9, 2019

Impostors syndrome: that perennial juggling act between vocational ambition and that sneaking suspicion that you’ll arrive at work on a Wednesday only to find your desk sold for parts, the room darkened, and a semicircle of coworkers with flashlights under their chins, serving you with a notarized document that reads “the jig is up”.

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Marcus Blankenship - Podcasts

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Lara: Just to like center yourself before each and every person you need to meet with, just to remember, like, right, I need to support them in these variety of ways. Marcus: Why did you feel this was the right time for this book? I was finding myself in coaching call after coaching call talking about the same challenges.

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Honeycomb

JULY 14, 2023

Charity once said an off-hand sentence that became a mantra for my transition into the VP of Engineering role: “Directors run the company.” Being a good VP requires not getting lost in the weeds and risking losing sight of the bigger picture, even when it feels like there is a tantalizing opportunity for fast impact.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2021

But for engineering and team leaders without an ML background, this can also feel overwhelming and intimidating. I regularly meet smart, successful, highly competent and normally very confident leaders who struggle to navigate a constructive or effective conversation on ML — even though some of them lead teams that engineer it.

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