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A Software Engineering Career Ladder

James Shore

What I’m really doing is changing the engineering culture at OpenSesame. Culture doesn’t change easily. I’ve hired several XP coaches to help, but even they’re stretched thin. I’m hoping this will help direct people to new behaviors, which will in turn start to change the engineering culture.

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Article: Q&A on the Book Becoming an Effective Software Engineering Manager

InfoQ Culture Methods

The book Becoming an Effective Software Engineering Manager by James Stanier explores how to manage engineers and what managers can do to build and run effective teams. It helps people decide if they want to go from an engineering to a manager role and organize and improve their management activities.

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An Engineering Manager’s Bill of Rights (and Responsibilities)

Honeycomb

Or, the small crisis with engineering management. In 2018, Honeycomb co-founder & CTO Charity Majors wrote a blog post titled, “An Engineer’s Bill of Rights (and Responsibilities).” The software engineering community was rethinking some long-held ideas about engineering career paths. This is good.

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Tech Leadership books

Apiumhub

This book is ideal whether you’re a new manager, a mentor, or a more experienced leader looking for fresh advice. Pick up this book and learn how to become a better manager and leader in your organization. Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager by Michael Lopp.

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Introducing Engineering Management to a Growing Organization

Gitprime

With that, the argument that they should put a people-managers on their payroll, where it sounds like their only job is for them to tell other people what to do, feels like a real waste.”. At Raw Signal Group , Nightingale conducts leadership and management training with hundreds of fast-growing tech companies. Hiring for culture fit.

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Generalists vs. Specialists: Figuring Out Your Path

Honeycomb

Almost everyone who reached out mentioned: They didn’t know career coaching was a thing The idea of timeboxing a role change experiment (like going from engineer to manager) for two years was bang-on Let’s dive deeper into these observations. Career coaches can help you get unstuck and recognize you need a change.

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Apiumhub supports Craft Conference one more year

Apiumhub

Craft Conference is an event where any type of engineers, team leaders, agile coaches, engineering managers, executives/founders, UX/product people could learn a lot. To achieve this goal from year to year organizers invite a really unique speaker line-up. Check out the speakers!