Engineering Manager

⏱ 3 min read Reorgs and layoffs are the hardest moments in engineering management. The team looks to you for clarity in a moment […] Read article

⏱ 3 min read Team rituals are the operating system of engineering teams. The right cadence keeps the team aligned, surfaces problems early, and Read article

⏱ 3 min read Hiring junior engineers is a different problem from hiring senior engineers. The candidate pool is much larger; the signal in Read article

⏱ 3 min read The 1:1 is the highest-leverage 30 minutes of an engineering manager’s week. Done well, it builds trust, surfaces problems early, Read article

⏱ 4 min read The career growth conversation is one of the most impactful things an EM can do, and one of the most Read article

⏱ 3 min read How an engineering manager handles production incidents shapes the team’s reliability culture for years. Incidents are also a reliable interview Read article

⏱ 3 min read Code review is one of the highest-leverage engineering rituals. Strong code review cultures produce better code, faster onboarding, more mentorship, Read article

⏱ 3 min read “What would you tell us about your team’s strategy?” is a question that catches many EMs off guard. Operational managers Read article

⏱ 3 min read Hiring junior engineers is process-heavy and noisy. Hiring senior engineers (Senior, Staff, Principal) is process-light and high-stakes. The bar is Read article

⏱ 3 min read The hardest part of engineering management is the conversations no one wants to have — telling a senior engineer their Read article

⏱ 3 min read Most EMs are surprised by how much of their job is compensation administration — the cycle of calibration, performance reviews, Read article

⏱ 2 min read “What would you do in your first 90 days as our EM?” is a near-guaranteed question in any senior EM Read article

⏱ 2 min read One of the most consequential things an engineering manager does is build the interview loop. Bad loops produce bad hires Read article

⏱ 2 min read Scaling a team from 5 to 25 engineers is one of the most common growth challenges for an EM, and Read article

⏱ 2 min read Remote and hybrid leadership is fundamentally different from co-located management — and most EMs who say “remote works exactly the Read article