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Coaching IT pros for leadership roles

CIO

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

When you’ve spent your career mastering complex technologies, stepping into a leadership role might not be the first item on your wish list. I spoke to IT executives and leadership coaches for tips on how to develop the leaders on your team. But the transition from teacher to coach can be challenging. “I Stop teaching.

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Two Key Focuses (And a Checklist) For New Engineering Managers

Dzone - DevOps

OCTOBER 15, 2021

There is very little formal guidance for new engineering managers. When I first moved from an individual contributor (IC) to an engineering manager (EM), I found myself struggling to find training resources. I want to change that - and I hope this article will serve as a small start in that direction.

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A Software Engineering Career Ladder

James Shore

APRIL 27, 2024

I’ve hired several XP coaches to help, but even they’re stretched thin. Where the old spreadsheet focused on individual ownership and investigating new technologies, the new one emphasizes teamwork, peer leadership, and maintainable code. However, they have enough experience to take a strong peer leadership role in their teams.

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

Honeycomb

AUGUST 19, 2022

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).” These constraints incentivized managers to think hard about how to retain and grow their best senior engineers. This is good.

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Introducing Engineering Management to a Growing Organization

Gitprime

DECEMBER 31, 2018

GitPrime elevates engineering leadership with objective data. In this interview series, Engineering Leaders talk about how to build high performing teams. Johnathan Nightingale has seen first-hand how powerful a solid management structure can be for growing organizations. “We Onboarding and training your management team.

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Mentorship, Coaching, and Sponsorship — A Powerful Framework for Building Resilient Teams

Gitprime

JUNE 11, 2019

Taking on an engineering leadership role can be disorienting for fresh recruits from the engineering ranks and seasoned veterans alike. Hogan spent more than a decade leveling up engineering organizations and growing leaders at companies like Etsy (as an Engineering Director) and Kickstarter (as VP of Engineering).

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Managing From Afar: How This Engineering Manager Tackles the Challenges of Remote Work

Gitprime

OCTOBER 15, 2019

In this Perspectives in Engineering interview series, engineering leaders talk about how to build, coach, and scale world-class technology teams. Leading remote engineering teams comes with a suite of challenges. How should teams that are spread across time zones coordinate their schedules?

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High-Touch Leadership in Buffer’s Fully Remote Culture

Gitprime

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

GitPrime elevates engineering leadership with objective data. In this interview series, Engineering Leaders talk about how to build high performing teams. But managers are also not mental health professionals, which is why Buffer offers employees other avenues for seeking professional assistance and guidance.

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Intercom’s Director of Engineering on Becoming a Manager of Managers

Gitprime

DECEMBER 20, 2018

GitPrime elevates engineering leadership with objective data. In this interview series, Engineering Leaders talk about how to build high performing teams. Talk with any engineering manager who regrets leaving coding and you’ll understand that management is not for everyone. I’m their coach,” he says.

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Jason Wong’s Systematic Approach Toward an Inclusive Workplace

Gitprime

DECEMBER 8, 2018

GitPrime elevates engineering leadership with objective data. In this interview series, Engineering Leaders talk about how to build high performing teams. In today’s engineering world, those two concepts are continents apart. “By Can we invest in bringing in training, or sending folks out to conferences?

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Advice from 3 Engineering Leaders on Becoming a Manager of Managers

Gitprime

OCTOBER 24, 2019

The transition to becoming a manager of managers requires an entirely new set of skills: hiring, onboarding, and coaching engineering managers are fundamentally different jobs than hiring, onboarding, and coaching engineers. Going from being an IC to being a manager is a really big transition.

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Rise of the Resilient Manager with Lara Hogan

Marcus Blankenship - Podcasts

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Are you a resilient manager? In this episode of Programming Leadership, Marcus and his guest, Lara Hogan discuss what it means to be a resilient manager. She will discuss some effective management skills and thought processes. She will also introduce us to the idea of the manager Voltron. Episode 33. ??Are

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My three hopes for 2020

Marcus Blankenship - Daily Writing

DECEMBER 22, 2019

First, I’m exited to tell you that I’ve joined Heroku/Salesforce as an Engineering Manager. I’ve been wanting to “get back in the game” of engineering management for a while, and am excited to put my consulting experience to work in new contexts. In 2020, I want these patterns to continue.

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A New Leadership Model with Jason Wong

Marcus Blankenship - Podcasts

OCTOBER 24, 2019

In this episode of Programming Leadership, Marcus and his guest Jason Wong discuss how one size does not fit all in leadership. They dive into how the traditional leadership model isn’t working well and how it could be changed to become more effective. The traditional leadership model isn’t working well.

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How OverOps Can be Used as a Learning Platform for Junior Developers

OverOps

APRIL 7, 2019

Developers receive peer coaching during development to create better architecture. Historically, the role of passing down the wisdom that comes from developer experience has been delegated to the system architects, lead developers and engineering managers. Developers and Engineering Managers are not able to teach every topic.

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Rules of Change with Esther Derby

Marcus Blankenship - Podcasts

OCTOBER 31, 2019

In this episode of Programming Leadership, Marcus and his guest Esther Derby discuss change. Change is a core aspect of leaders’ and managers’ jobs. Announcer: Welcome to the Programming Leadership podcast where we help great coders become skilled leaders and build happy, high-performing software teams. Episode 27.

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Lessons Learned on the Path to Managing with Amy Phillips and Aaron Randall

Marcus Blankenship - Podcasts

AUGUST 8, 2019

Announcer: Welcome to the Programming Leadership Podcast where we help great coders become skilled leaders, and build happy high performing software teams. Welcome to the Programming Leadership Podcast. Progressed, eventually, to leading test teams, and managing testers, and then moving more into agile roles and team coaching.

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Conflict: Uncomfortable, Yet Necessary with Jennifer Jones-Patulli

Marcus Blankenship - Podcasts

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

In this episode of Programming Leadership, Marcus and his guest, Jennifer Jones-Patulli, discuss how people tend to think about conflict and how they handle it. Announcer: Welcome to the Programming Leadership Podcast where we help great coders become skilled leaders and build happy high-performing software teams. Episode 29. ?Is

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AoAD2 Chapter 6: Invest in Change

James Shore

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Provide training, coaching, and other ways for people to get help without feeling judged. Focus team-level managers on managing their work system rather than individuals and tasks. See the “Change Team Management Style” section.). Ensure each team has a coach who can help them learn to be an effective, jelled team.

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Scaling Organizational Empathy With Box’s VPE, Saminda Wijegunawardena

Gitprime

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

In this Perspectives in Engineering interview series, engineering leaders talk about how to build, coach, and scale world-class technology teams. Saminda Wijegunawardena , VP of Engineering at Box, calls this increasing distance “abstraction.” Therefore, empathy truly is within a manager’s domain.

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The Top Tech Conferences You Don’t Want to Miss in 2019

UruIT

DECEMBER 31, 2018

The conference covers approaches and technologies such as chaos engineering, serverless, and cloud, in addition to a range of leadership and business skills. You can also register separately to take a training course from February 3rd to 4th. These immersive courses run for two full days, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.,

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Managing to Solve An Elegant Puzzle with Will Larson

Marcus Blankenship - Podcasts

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

At Stripe, guest Will Larson received his first official management training by an employer. It taught him about different management styles, problem-solving, and more. But most employees don’t get management training, which can cause problems down the road. Most coders don’t aspire to be managers.

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Finding Your Balance with Camille Fournier

Marcus Blankenship - Podcasts

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

In this episode of Programming Leadership, Marcus and his guest, Camille Fournier discuss some points from her book, The Manager’s Path. They discuss the importance of time management and how to effectively manage employee turnover in a leadership role. Episode 31. ?In Show Notes. Transcript.

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Bridging the PM Gap with Rich Mironov

Marcus Blankenship - Podcasts

JULY 9, 2020

In this episode of Programming Leadership, Marcus and his guest, Rich Mironov, discuss the all too common disconnect between developers and those on the marketing side of organizations. Differences in design principles between product and engineering management (1:35). Programming Leadership: [link]. Episode 48.

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Bridging the Gap Between Developers and Marketers with Rich Mironov

Marcus Blankenship - Podcasts

JULY 9, 2020

In this episode of Programming Leadership, Marcus and his guest, Rich Mironov, discuss the all too common disconnect between developers and those on the marketing side of organizations. Differences in design principles between product and engineering management (1:35). Programming Leadership: [link]. Episode 48.

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Organise your engineering teams around the work by reteaming

Abhishek Tiwari

JULY 20, 2019

As a bare minimum, I can think of an engineering organisation of 6 Spotify like squads with each team consisting of 8-10 people including engineers (frontend/backend), BA, PO, and an agile coach. That's an overall engineering organisation of 55+ people including engineering leaders, chapter leads, etc.

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Coaching IT pros for leadership roles

Two Key Focuses (And a Checklist) For New Engineering Managers

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A Software Engineering Career Ladder

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

Introducing Engineering Management to a Growing Organization

Mentorship, Coaching, and Sponsorship — A Powerful Framework for Building Resilient Teams

Managing From Afar: How This Engineering Manager Tackles the Challenges of Remote Work

High-Touch Leadership in Buffer’s Fully Remote Culture

Intercom’s Director of Engineering on Becoming a Manager of Managers

Jason Wong’s Systematic Approach Toward an Inclusive Workplace

Advice from 3 Engineering Leaders on Becoming a Manager of Managers

Rise of the Resilient Manager with Lara Hogan

My three hopes for 2020

A New Leadership Model with Jason Wong

How OverOps Can be Used as a Learning Platform for Junior Developers

Rules of Change with Esther Derby

Lessons Learned on the Path to Managing with Amy Phillips and Aaron Randall

Conflict: Uncomfortable, Yet Necessary with Jennifer Jones-Patulli

AoAD2 Chapter 6: Invest in Change

Scaling Organizational Empathy With Box’s VPE, Saminda Wijegunawardena

The Top Tech Conferences You Don’t Want to Miss in 2019

Managing to Solve An Elegant Puzzle with Will Larson

Finding Your Balance with Camille Fournier

Bridging the PM Gap with Rich Mironov

Bridging the Gap Between Developers and Marketers with Rich Mironov

Organise your engineering teams around the work by reteaming

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