<aside> 😎 Thank you for your interest in working with me; this post should answer most of your questions about what this could look like. — James

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🧘🏻‍♂️ My purpose

This practice aims to validate some patterns I developed as I built teams and helped companies tackle the challenges of scaling products and product engineering organizations.

🧐 My focus

I can help you think through various opportunities that impact your business, usually rooted in Engineering. I solve problems, and if I can't solve your problem, I likely know someone who does.

Some of the opportunities I've been working on are:

• Organizational Structures — Role definition, leveling, comp strategy, performance processes.
• Leadership Practices & Coaching — Technical principles, coaching managers, senior ICs & technical leads.
• Product Engineering Strategy — Planning, goal setting, impact and progress measurement, cadence setting, operational modeling.
• Product Management and Go-to-Market Strategy, especially for DevOps, Observability tools, B2Developer, and open-source-based products and platforms.
• Technical Challenges — Infra or architectural bottlenecks, stack evaluation.
• Acceleration of Software Delivery - 🚀 ship faster, better, & with confidence.
• Distributed practices — Communication architecture, team building, hiring, onboarding.

🛩 My approach

A typical engagement involves evaluation, execution/evolution, and departure.

• I start with interviews to understand your challenges and help develop a plan.
• I partner with your team for a few hours weekly to build a plan and help you execute it.
• Depending on the kind of engagement, I'll wrap up and transfer any remaining items to your team.

More details on my consulting approach