What Does a VP of Engineering Do With Alexandra Paredes

VP of Engineering is an expansive position. But what is it really like on the granular level? Alexandra Paredes is the VP of Engineering at Code Climate and joined Peter to discuss how she approaches the hiring process, keeps her team on track, and navigates metrics such as cycle time and code review involvement.

Tune in to hear Alexandra’s thoughts on communication and transparency as well as mentoring new engineers to ensure they ask the right questions from the start. 

[01:28] - Alexandra's rise to VP of Engineering at Code Climate[07:21] - Internal metrics[12:02] - Milestones without estimates[18:40] - Cycle time[20:29] - Reliability requirements[21:59] - Code review involvement[23:29] - Incremental pull requests[26:34] - Tracking key abilities[29:58] - Communicating metrics to non-technical management

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