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On Becoming a VP of Engineering, Part 1: The Path to VP

Honeycomb

This post is part of a short series about my experience in the VP of Engineering role at Honeycomb. In February of 2020, I was promoted from Director of Engineering to Honeycomb’s first VP of Engineering. The whole tech industry would benefit from more perspectives in this role.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: SaaS success stats, leveraging ad tech chaos, 2022 layoff trends

TechCrunch

According to its findings, SaaS founders should target at least 80% and aim to surpass 110%. I remember the dread I felt as a startup worker during downturns when I read about mass layoffs at tech firms that had previously been considered ascendant. 5 ways to seize the opportunities created by recent chaos in ad tech.

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Chief Technology Officer: Understanding the Main Tech Person In a Company

Altexsoft

Nowadays, when tech companies are among the largest businesses in the world, CTOs are some of the most influential and innovative people that shape how we live and work. With the technological outlook for the years ahead, these people manage to drive the striking change both within the company and beyond. The role of CTO.

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The Unvarnished Truth of being a Woman in Tech

Hacker Earth Developers Blog

In our fifth episode of Breaking 404 , we caught up with Monica Bajaj, Senior Director of Engineering, Workday to hear out the different biases that exist in tech roles across organizations and how difficult it can get for a woman to reach a senior position, especially in tech. Monica: My first programming language was BASIC.

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How Generative AI Is Empowering CIOs and IT Professionals

CloudSphere

The Complexities of Cloud Computing for CIOs and IT Professionals Although cloud computing offers tech teams many benefits, they are complicated environments that need to be constantly monitored and maintained. There are actually a few reasons. The world of IT never stands still, and trying to keep up can often feel almost futile.

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20 influential women in software development

Apiumhub

As many in the Tech industry, often, they are men. She has over 18 years of experience in software industry as an author, speaker, mentor, consultant, technology leader and developer. Moreover, Mala co-leads Delhi Java User Group and Women Who Code Delhi, she drives initiatives for diversity advocacy for Women in Technology.

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Apiumhub supports Craft Conference one more year

Apiumhub

Craft Conference will cover: Language agnostic methods, best practices (tdd, bdd, ddd, ci, cd, security, performance, service oriented architecture etc.) that can be successfully leveraged by individual engineers. To achieve this goal from year to year organizers invite a really unique speaker line-up. Check out the speakers!