Avoiding Death by a 1,000 Cuts – Lessons from Scaling Twitter Engineering
The exponential growth of organizational drag can sometimes mean that further staffing will create problems at a greater rate than it solves them. That’s where PlusPlus comes in.
Why Hiring More Is Slowing You Down – Lessons from Early Days at Facebook
Those days were marked by a freewheeling style summarized by the company’s early, notorious compass: Move Fast and Break Things. This approach worked spectacularly… until it didn’t.
The Autodesk Manager Development Program Playbook v. 2.0
Autodesk shares how they came up with a technical manager development program that relied on the power of group mentorship cohorts to turn their managers into better leaders.
Developing Software Leaders: Best Practices for Making Software Development Hum
Managing programmers is hard. Ron Lichty shares success as a software developer vs what it takes to be a software manager.
Netflix Shares Their Internal Training Checklists
Jasmine Robinson, from the Netflix Developer Education (DevEd) team, shares how they empower their subject-matter-experts as instructors to deliver effective workshops.
Scaling Knowledge Sharing: Creating and Maintaining Programs
Experts from LinkedIn, Twitter, and Shopify discuss several challenges teams face when they scale, facilitate, and maintain their knowledge sharing programs.
5 Ways LinkedIn Unlocked Knowledge Sharing at Scale for 6,000+ Engineers With PlusPlus
Overview Sandi Friend (Sr. Instructional Engineer) is in charge of making sure LinkedIn engineers have access to the learning they need to stay relevant and grow. In her 9 years at LinkedIn, she has created and managed training programs for over 6,000+ engineers, including the company’s award-winning New Engineer Boot Camp. The One Big Idea […]
5 Ways Kia Motors America Democratized Its Learning Culture for 5,000+ Employees With PlusPlus
Overview Angela Davis (Learning & Experience Employee Lead) oversees learning & development at Kia Motors America, the sales subsidiary of Kia in North America, in Irving, California. She has been at Kia for 6 years, two and a half in charge of Learning & Development for the team of over 5,000+ employees. Angela also oversees […]
5 Ways Salesforce Manages Tech L&D for 18,000+ Engineers With PlusPlus
Overview Marika Spediacci (Associate Program Manager, Technology Marketing Products Learning) and her Tech & Products Learning team of 3 at Salesforce are able to make it possible to offer and manage hundreds of classes every quarter, for 4 different organizations at Salesforce. More than 18,000 Salesforce employees around the world use the PlusPlus platform to […]
How GitHub Brings Community Together During Uncertain Times
TechKnowCon believes in the power of continuous learning, knowledge sharing, and peer learning. Leaders and Champions in the technical training space join us and share their stories. This is one of their stories. Overview In recent times, connecting with others to learn has become challenging. Around the world, organizations are striving to find new ways […]