Building a High-Performance Team for Internal JavaScript Tools - From Individual Contributor to Manager

Explore a Senior Software Engineer's journey in transitioning from an individual contributor to a managerial role at Bloomberg. Discover the challenges and strategies involved in building a new team tasked with revamping and expanding the company's JavaScript framework applications. Learn about establishing a team culture focused on product ownership, customer support, and application branding. Gain insights into the process of creating internal tools that follow the same development, research, and UX design principles as client-facing financial tools. Understand how this approach led to the formation of a high-performance team that now owns a diverse portfolio of JavaScript/TypeScript applications and drives innovation in this programming language at Bloomberg.

Luis Vega at LeadDev West Coast 2023