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30 Sep 2024 · 9 min read

Master These Soft Skills, Master Engineering Management

While these soft skills might not come naturally at first, you can master every single one with time and practice.

25 Sep 2024 · 6 min read

5 Practical Ways To Fix Your Work-Life Balance

I'm not going to give you advice for an ideal world - I'm going to give it to you for a real one.

23 Sep 2024 · 6 min read

Engineering Management Is Not The End – You Can Go Back

If management doesn't work out, you can always return to the individual contributor path.

18 Sep 2024 · 6 min read

4 Destructive Work-Life Balance Impacts You'll Face As An Engineering Manager

Many hold the view that the busier and more stressed you are, the better you are at your job. But this isn't true, and something will break.

16 Sep 2024 · 6 min read

Never Again Doubt If You Want To Become An Engineering Manager

The job is rewarding but it's not easy. You must commit to the struggle and discomfort.

10 Sep 2024 · 5 min read

5 Simple Ways Engineering Managers Can Listen To Drastically Improve Their Teams

Communication is a huge part of any manager's job. When you do listen as a manager, the effects on your team are amazing.

2 Sep 2024 · 5 min read

Wage War On Communication Creep With These 4 Time-Saving Strategies

You've heard of scope creep when teams keep adding new requirements without end. "Communication creep" is the same, only for communication.

26 Aug 2024 · 9 min read

5 Reasons Engineering Management Misconceptions Exist

Roles like engineering management sit at the intersection of various skills, combining the technical with the personal

19 Aug 2024 · 5 min read

What To Expect When You Work For Small Or Large Tech Companies

Different-sized companies attract different kinds of people

12 Aug 2024 · 7 min read

What You’ll Actually Do As An Engineering Manager

You have many roles. Some won’t make sense now, but they will.

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