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5 Aug 2024 · 4 min read

How To Tell CTOs, Project, And Engineering Managers Apart

Not immediately knowing the differences between a CTO, EM, and PM is understandable, even more so in smaller companies.

29 Jul 2024 · 7 min read

5 Crucial Ways Engineering Managers Contribute To Projects

EMs and PMs have very different responsibilities, but your work complements and supports one another

22 Jul 2024 · 6 min read

How To Give Feedback To Former Teammates As An Engineering Manager

Many little things can bother me when friends pick me up at the airport, although I’m always appreciative that they do. But maybe they parked far away from the

15 Jul 2024 · 6 min read

The Car And The Helicopter: Working With Emotions As An Engineering Manager

If you’ve recently transitioned from engineering to engineering management, you might think your main job is overseeing the technical aspects of your team’s work. That’s true, but

8 Jul 2024 · 7 min read

The Mindset You Need As An Engineering Manager

Mindsets determine results. This is true for every career, including engineering management.

1 Jul 2024 · 7 min read

Engineers Code, Managers Coach (And Other Differences)

Many misconceptions exist about the engineering manager role. A common one is thinking the role of an engineer is similar. While some similarities do exist, there are far more differences.

26 Jun 2024 · 15 min read

6 Harmful Misconceptions About Being An Engineering Manager

I want to talk you out of becoming an engineering manager.

11 Dec 2023 · 5 min read

Tiny Services, Big Results: Unlocking Velocity with Microservices

Imagine a giant, lumbering city bus trying to drive around narrow, winding roads versus a bunch of zippy little scooters that can navigate tight spots and zoom off quickly in

10 Dec 2023 · 5 min read

Trunk-based Development: Continuous Integration Approach for a Mid-sized Develpment Team

Does your team dread release days? Do your customers complain that upgrades break more things than they fix? Is your team burnt out trying to shove disjointed code together before

9 Dec 2023 · 4 min read

Outcomes Over Outputs: The PM’s North Star

After an extensive search, you hire your first dedicated product manager, hoping she will take your app to the next level. She impresses everyone with her sheer knowledge of methodology.

8 Dec 2023 · 4 min read

The Perils of Reinventing the Wheel

You’ve been assigned to lead development on an important new feature for your company’s mobile app. This customized recommendation engine will be the backbone of a major update

7 Dec 2023 · 5 min read

Speaking Two Languages: Bridging Business and Engineering

When you work as a software developer at a small startup, you wear many hats and have many responsibilities. You don’t benefit from having clearly defined product requirements handed

6 Dec 2023 · 4 min read

Stay Sharp and Reduce Meetings with Async Communication

Time is extremely scarce. As an engineering manager, you constantly juggle meetings, one-on-ones, planning, reviews, communications, and a myriad of other things. Meetings end up being one of the biggest

5 Dec 2023 · 4 min read

Lost in Translation: Decoding New Engineering Team Members

Have you ever been in a situation where you manage someone but don’t know how to evaluate their performance? That’s one of the trickiest problems of being a

4 Dec 2023 · 5 min read

Why You May Want to Transition into Engineering Management

As a senior engineer, you likely feel fulfilled in your career. You can choose the projects, teams, and technologies you work on. Your expertise makes you valuable, with recruiters constantly

3 Dec 2023 · 4 min read

Flying Blind: My Misadventures in First-time Management

I was very anxious when I first stepped into an engineering management role to lead a small development team. After years of working as a full-stack software developer, I was

2 Dec 2023 · 4 min read

Stop Before You Bloat: Knowing When to Stop Scaling Your Engineering Team

Just yesterday, your development team was just a handful of eager engineers working long hours to build an MVP from duct tape and dreams. The sleepy startup became a hiring

1 Dec 2023 · 4 min read

The Boy Scout Rule for Better Code

You know that feeling when you’re out camping, and you take extra care to leave your little site nicer than how you found it? Picking up that candy wrapper