Engineering | People | Purpose
Earthquake-resistent buildings and serverless banking systems don’t sound like they belong in the same conversation. But for me, the path from structural engineering to cloud computing has always been about one thing: building resilient systems that can handle anything life throws at them. During a recent interview with the Stack Overflow podcast, I had a... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
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 →
In August, I started my role as an engineering manager at Twitter. I came to Twitter looking to level up my technical skills and instincts, gain more management experience, and work on a collaborative team, and I’ve happily found all three.
Kathleen Codes 