Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Share Reflecting on ladders, acquisitions, and personal trajectory after 8 years at Sentry with Ben Vinegar
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Or
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
View all episodes
By SwarmiaBen 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