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The 7 Types of People You’ll Meet in Your Career as an Engineering Manager
Being a manager is more often an art than a science because you’re dealing with people. While this may not be a surprise, new engineering managers often find themselves challenged by the fact that their people — programmers, software engineers, and developers — are nothing like the programming concepts they’re familiar with. Each and every…
5 Mistakes That Engineering Managers Make
We all make mistakes in our careers and lives. However, in our careers, some mistakes are more costly than others. Engineering managers who have the responsibility of being a multiplier instead of a maker need to understand and avoid deadly mistakes, as their mistakes not only have an impact on themselves and their careers but…
How To Increase Your Visibility As A Developer Via Your Personal Brand
A complete guide to how and why you could go about creating your online presence Regardless of whether you want to be a full stack developer, a Kotlin expert, a DevOps engineer, or a JavaScript guru, it pays to have a personal brand. If you want to stand out amongst a sea of developers and have…
Ten Worst Answers You Should Not Give When Interviewing For A Manager Role
One of the mistakes that unseasoned engineering managers make during their interviews is that they over-index on their technical abilities. Therefore, they tend to not think too much when answering leadership, team management and project management questions and gave high-level and generalised answers. When you only have 60 to 90 minutes to showcase your skills…
10 Signs That You Are Not Ready to Be an Engineering Manager Yet
Somehow, in our heads, we have this illusion that once you’ve mastered the technical skills required for your roles and you have been senior engineers for a few years, the next step for you is to become an engineering manager. You are also known to be a good team player, you enjoy working with your…
10 Important Skills That Engineering Managers at Tech Companies Need
If you have a look at job openings at tech companies today, you’ll find that an opening for an engineering manager role is very common. A decade or two ago, such role wasn’t as common. On the surface, an engineering manager’s role today might look similar to that of a Technology Manager, a Team Lead,…
Six Limiting Beliefs That Are Holding You Back From Getting Promoted and How You Can Conquer Them
You really wanted that promotion to become a senior engineer, architect, or member of the technical staff, but for some reason, you were overlooked yet again. Of course, you’re disappointed, but you’re also somewhat relieved. “Oh well, I am probably not ready yet,” you thought to yourself. If this sounds like you, then there is…
How to Still Be a Maker When You’re a Manager
Maker — that’s how I’d like to be known for. But I am also a manager — my job title clearly says so. Paul Graham, the co-founder of Y! Combinator has written about two types of schedules of the two different kinds of people: maker’s schedules and manager’s schedules. It’s pretty clear from his article…
Engineering Managers: Think and Act Like a CEO
According to the Global Developer Population and Demographic Study conducted by Evans Data Corporation, there are over 22 million developers worldwide. This figure is expected to rise to 26 million in 2022. So. Many. Developers. As software is becoming increasingly ubiquitous and software developers make up 70–80% of a tech company’s workforce, there is an…
