This is episode 6 of my series on being an Engineering Manager (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8). Let’s explore how to support each of your team member’s growth! All right — you are an engineering manager, and that is exciting. You have built a great team, you…

This is episode 5 of my series on being an Engineering Manager (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8). Let’s discover how to grow your team with the caliber of talent you need to be successful! As I discussed in the maiden voyage of this blogoseries, as a manager…

This is episode 4 of my series on being an Engineering Manager (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8). Herein we articulate the purpose of life. And how to measure it. Why do we do what we do? What is this life for? We are driven to solve amazing…

This is episode 3 of my series on being an Engineering Manager (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8). In this ep we dive in to one of the most important things you should be driving: technical initiatives. Any reasonable company has plenty of excellent people to cover the…

This is episode 2 of my series on life as an Engineering Manager (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8). In this ep we dive in to how you should spend your time: what you should be doing, thinking about, worrying about, on any given day. One of the…

This is episode 1 of my series on being an Engineering Manager (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8). We start by considering the transition from a software engineer to an engineering manager. At some point in your career as a software engineer, you will be presented with the…

I tend to work on music while wearing headphones, because the kids are asleep and don’t seem to appreciate when I pump up the jams at 1 in the morning. I finish the song, and it sounds excellent in my headphones — every note is crystal clear, the bass is…