Article by Ben Linders: https://www.infoq.com/news/2025/05/resilience-software-organization/ Resilience helps individuals and organizations respond to challenges. According to Kathleen Vignos, personal resilience is built through adapting, technical resilience by mastering a variety of tools, and organizational resilience through flexibility and strong networks. In fast-changing software industries, recognizing tech shifts and fostering learning, flexibility, and collaboration, enhances resilience. Kathleen... Continue Reading →
Built to Outlast: Cultivating a Culture of Resilience
I had a great experience speaking at QCon San Francisco last month, where I shared three defining moments from my career, offering lessons on navigating job loss, embracing continuous learning, and leading through organizational chaos. In this talk I provided actionable insights on building personal, technical, and organizational resilience to remain relevant and effective in... Continue Reading →
Closing Executive Leadership Skill Gaps: A Portfolio Approach to Career Growth
I had a great experience being interviewed by Patrick Gallagher for the ELC podcast on the topic of executive leadership. Kathleen Vignos, VP of Software Engineering @ Capital One, shares how to overcome executive leadership gaps that prevent eng leaders from advancing to the next level in their career. She covers how she applies a... Continue Reading →
Should I become an engineering manager? Seven questions for reflection
One of the most common questions I hear when mentoring engineers is whether a person should pursue engineering management. I usually take this to mean that they are actually looking for a leadership role, and I want to help them discern whether that might be as a primarily technical leader or as a managerial leader.... Continue Reading →