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An Engineering Manager’s Bill of Rights (and Responsibilities)

Honeycomb

In 2018, Honeycomb co-founder & CTO Charity Majors wrote a blog post titled, “An Engineer’s Bill of Rights (and Responsibilities).” The software engineering community was rethinking some long-held ideas about engineering career paths. We’ve recently updated and reposted it.

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Anything But Tech Debt

Honeycomb

Rework Rework or refactoring is probably the category most associated with “tech debt” in software engineering. must improve the maintainability and readability of the codebase for future travels, and 3. Interested in reading more about engineering management? Interested in reading more about engineering management?

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20 influential women in software development

Apiumhub

Lisa has worked as a programmer, analyst, technical support engineer, tester, and QA director with various organizations, including a university, large and small software companies, successful web startups, consulting firms and financial services companies. Skilled in Java, Scala, Big Data, Machine Learning, and Software Design.

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Rise of the Resilient Manager with Lara Hogan

Marcus Blankenship - Podcasts

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. And I remember feeling that way, at every stage of management, you know not just as a new line manager, but when I became a manager of managers, and then when I became a VPE.

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On Becoming a VP of Engineering, Part 2: Doing the Job

Honeycomb

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.