A guide for engineering managers on creating a sustainable and effective on-call culture, emphasizing shared responsibility and operational best practices.
A guide for engineering managers on making strategic hiring decisions to scale a tech team effectively, based on experience at a fintech company.
An engineering manager debates the feasibility of measuring individual developer productivity, arguing against simplistic metrics in creative technical work.
A guide outlining the rights and responsibilities of engineering managers, focusing on feedback, team care, and leadership principles.
Explains how Service Level Objectives (SLOs) act as an abstraction layer to define boundaries and improve collaboration between engineering teams and management.
Explores the critical partnership between Engineering Managers and Product Managers, comparing it to a marriage for effective team alignment and decision-making.
A guide for new engineering managers on career paths, focusing on the choice between staying technical or climbing the corporate ladder.
A software engineering manager reflects on lessons learned in 2018, covering the shift from coding to stakeholder thinking, empathy, team growth, and leadership.
An engineering manager shares their personal Manager README, outlining their philosophies on team leadership, feedback, and software development processes.
A software engineering manager reflects on lessons learned in 2017, covering team buffering, prioritization, and the personal transition from coding to management.
Advocates for a career path alternating between engineering and management roles, rejecting the idea of choosing one permanent lane.
A tech leader shares his core management philosophy: be a multiplier for your team and reduce friction to help engineers succeed.
