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Technical Review: A Trusted Look Under the Hood

TechEmpower

It’s written for a business leader, not an engineer. Pragmatic Assessment : An in-depth evaluation by working engineers who understand what it takes to deliver in different development situations. Expert Recommendations : Concrete next steps that working engineers believe would be appropriate to consider. Who responds to alerts?

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Why the Gig Economy is Coming for Architects, Engineers

ReadWriteStart

While other industries have been quick to adapt to freelance employment, architects and engineers within the construction sector have lagged behind — and that is beginning to change. Here’s why the gig economy is coming for architects and engineers. It’s official: The gig economy is coming to construction.

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Want to Know the Difference Between a CTO and a VP Engineering?

Both Sides of the Table

This time I thought I’d try and address engineering talent. Often I’m asked by startup CEO’s about how to best build an engineering team. I hope many will read this and have an answer for the question, “what’s the different between a CTO and a VP of Engineering?&#. What makes a great tech team?

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How Sin-Mei Tsai, Shippo’s VP of Engineering, Defines Code Quality

Version One Ventures

This time, I am very excited to introduce Sin-Mei Tsai , VP of Engineering at Shippo , a Version One portfolio company. And she has not only been instrumental to Shippo, but also an extremely valuable resource to other engineering leaders in the Version One family. How do you define code quality? Functional quality.

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The Traction Gap Framework: Four Pillars Of Startup Success

YoungUpstarts

The first post drilled down into the often-overlooked notion of “market-engineering” and why it’s so critical. At Wildcat, we recommend benchmarking your startup against the four core architectural pillars of the Traction Gap Framework: product , revenue , team and systems. Product Architecture. Revenue Architecture.

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The Traction Gap Framework: Four Pillars Of Startup Success

YoungUpstarts

The first post drilled down into the often-overlooked notion of “market-engineering” and why it’s so critical. At Wildcat, we recommend benchmarking your startup against the four core architectural pillars of the Traction Gap Framework: product , revenue , team and systems. Product Architecture. Revenue Architecture.

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Lessons Learned: The engineering manager's lament

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, October 20, 2008 The engineering managers lament I was inspired to write The product managers lament while meeting with a startup struggling to figure out what had gone wrong with their product development process. This engineering manager is a smart guy, and very experienced.