CircleCI
APRIL 29, 2020
The typical job description for many engineering manager roles is action-packed. It is a mix of hands-on coding, technical leadership and decision making, process and project management, product oversight, people management, finding and hiring talent … the list goes on. What do engineers need to thrive at work?
James Shore
APRIL 27, 2024
I’ve hired several XP coaches to help, but even they’re stretched thin. They combine deep expertise in several specialties with the ability to mentor and coach less experienced team members. They work closely with the team’s other technical leads to advise engineering managers on the capabilities and needs of the team.
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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.
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 Those are good signals,” Nightingale says.
Honeycomb
AUGUST 10, 2022
Power has a way of flowing towards people managers over time, no matter how many times you repeat “management is not a promotion, it’s a career change.” Managers are privy to performance reviews and other personal information that they need to do their jobs, and they tend to be more practiced communicators.
Abhishek Tiwari
JULY 8, 2018
The assumption that engagement is somehow strongly correlated with performance is misplaced. Traditional engagement metrics such as satisfaction, happiness, well-being let alone cannot explain behaviours, actions and motivation of a high-performance team. A high-performing team can be highly engaged but vice verse is not always true.
Apiumhub
JUNE 16, 2021
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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