James McGill hails from Australia and is currently the VP of Engineering at Code Climate. He spent 7 years at Google as a Staff Engineer and Engineering Leader, and is now focused on empowering startup leaders with data-driven approaches to Engineering Management.
Using principles of observability to drive your professional growth
As you grow in your career, it can be harder and harder to assess personal progress. When you’re a leader with larger goals and longer-term projects, feedback loops lengthen. By drawing on the same principles of observability that we use when building software, engineering leaders can shorten the feedback cycle and take a data-driven approach to guide their own professional growth.
How to level up your reporting as an engineering director
A guide to building and delivering effective reports
Engineering metrics at every level: An engineering director’s guide
How to use metrics as an engineering director
How Netlify, Splice, Code Climate, and more use engineering metrics
Engineering leaders share what works when it comes to metrics
What engineering leaders should be measuring
Understand the best methods for analyzing the right data