Reflecting on ladders, acquisitions, and personal trajectory after 8 years at Sentry with Ben Vinegar

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Engineering Unblocked

Swarmia

27 episodes

5 days ago

Keeping software engineers in flow and unblocked is one of the key responsibilities of software development leaders. In each episode of the Engineering Unblocked podcast, Rebecca Murphey interviews leaders who have navigated challenges of scale, complexity, and growth. You’ll hear from people with lived experience across the software development ecosystem, from CTOs and VPEs to directors and line managers to product managers, program managers, tech leads, and more.

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Reflecting on ladders, acquisitions, and personal trajectory after 8 years at Sentry with Ben Vinegar

Engineering Unblocked

33 minutes 15 seconds

2 years ago

Reflecting on ladders, acquisitions, and personal trajectory after 8 years at Sentry with Ben Vinegar

Ben Vinegar has spent the last 8 years at Sentry in a variety of roles, from Software Engineer to VP of Engineering.

Today, Rebecca and Ben discuss non-linear careers, engineering career ladders, acquisitions, and more.

Find the transcript at: https://www.unblocked.fm/episodes/ben-vinegar-sentry-reflecting-on-ladders-acquisitions-and-personal-trajectory

Timestamps (00:00) Introduction (01:26) Third-Party JavaScript and Sentry (02:33) Ben’s journey to VP of Engineering (03:24) Sentry’s growth (05:08) The ladder: differentiating engineering levels (08:45) How Ben became the Co-VP of Engineering (12:42) A new role focused on innovation (16:40) Building an emerging tech team (19:26) Preserving innovation outside the innovation team (21:37) Lessons from acquisitions (26:11) Leading Syntax.fm (28:34) A company within a company (30:36) Non-linear careers

Where to find Ben • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benvinegar/ • Twitter: https://twitter.com/bentlegen

Where to find Rebecca • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rmurphey/ • Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmurphey

Links and mentions • Sentry: https://sentry.io/ • Third-Party JavaScript, a book by Ben Vinegar and Anton Kovalyov: https://www.manning.com/books/third-party-javascript • Disqus: https://disqus.com/ • Shape Security (now part of F5): https://www.f5.com/cloud/products/bot-defense • Specto (a Sentry acquisition): https://sentry.io/about/press-releases/sentry-acquires-analytics-firm-specto-to-add-continuous-profiling-to-mobile-application-monitoring/ • Syntax.fm (a recent Sentry acquisition): http://Syntax.fm