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VP of Engineering at Berkshire Hathaway - National Indemnity Company

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How much development are you doing in-house as opposed to outsourcing it?

Engineering Outsourcing & Managed Services

Less than 20%

Between 20%-30%

Between 30%-50%

Between 50%-70%

More than 70%

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What’s the best software development methodology for enterprise-level projects?

Technical Product Management Software Development

Waterfall

Prototype

Rapid Application Development

Agile Scrum

Agile Kanban

Dynamic System Development

Lean Software Development

Other .. please add it down

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How are you transforming your approach to talent development in technology teams to foster continuous learning and adaptability in a rapidly changing tech landscape?

Pete EichhorstVP of Engineering at Berkshire Hathaway - National Indemnity Company in Insurance (except health)a year ago

We embrace a "growth mindset" – failed experiments from hackathons or internal innovation challenges become springboards for team learning and iteration. This fosters a culture of continuous improvement and risk-taking.

How proactively do you manage your team’s workload, especially if you’re running autonomous teams? Do you make the decision to pause work, or do you wait until your team asks you to step in? Or do you leave this fully in their hands?

Engineering Team & Organizational Design

Pete EichhorstVP of Engineering at Berkshire Hathaway - National Indemnity Company in Insurance (except health)a year ago

We set the main tasks/plans with priorities at the start of the year. We keep one task/stream for the ad-hoc requests. Then we have periodical meetings (e.g. weekly) with the teams leaders for the progress. At the same time, ...read more