Role - Engineering Manager
Philosophy
Do not pick work that will block the team (don't become a bottleneck, be an enabler)
Related: Player - Coach
Trust built through proximity to the work is different from trust built through process and communication alone
Core skills
Engineering manager core skills
Time split
How much coding should an engineering manager do
Is the role changing?
During the zero-interest-rate period (ZIRP), companies were scaling fast and teams were growing. In that environment, the coordination layer had genuine value, because someone needed to manage the interfaces between product, engineering, and business. The engineering manager role served that function well.
Resource
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- Engineering manager core skillsGrowingfurther reading
- How to align what the company wants vs what individuals wantSeedlingfurther reading
aka Sponsoring.
- Management is an art - not a scienceSeedlingfurther reading
Or was it salary calibration. From: Programming is sometimes as much art as science.
- SponsoringGrowingfurther reading
Whether it’s a decision about if you’ll be hired, promoted or fired. same blog: Who are you displaying your skills to? Who gets you access to opportunities? Skill alone doesn't matter. If…
- How much coding should an engineering manager doGrowingfurther reading
Title is misleading, there is no "should". The best managers are not removed from the craft for too long.
- ZIRP - Zero Interest Rate PolicyEstablishedfurther reading
This is when banks loan money with almost 0% interest. That usually happens after a recession to get business flowing, ie after 2008. During this period, investors take more risks to invest…