I've built and managed Engineering teams at companies large and small. Currently @ Pusher growing a team who build the world's best realtime web messaging platform.
Terrific question. I'm definitely involved, but as with many things my primary responsibility is to make sure these kinds of things actually happen. It's surprising how easy it is to kick off a project without goals or direction so I suppose I'm auditing that more than actually contributing.
Coaching and guiding are a big part of the role in my experience.
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As VP of engineering, are you involved in project direction and goals as well or are more of the coach and guide for the engineering team?
Terrific question. I'm definitely involved, but as with many things my primary responsibility is to make sure these kinds of things actually happen. It's surprising how easy it is to kick off a project without goals or direction so I suppose I'm auditing that more than actually contributing.
Coaching and guiding are a big part of the role in my experience.