This book serves as a guide for engineering managers to refine their skills and supports senior engineers transitioning into management roles. You'll find practical advice drawn from real-world experiences that shows how the EM role varies significantly across different companies and team structures.
We'll explore the engineering manager's journey from deciding to step into leadership to mastering the craft. By the end, you'll understand essential management concepts and gain tools to excel in your role.
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- Becoming
- Should You Become a Manager?
- Getting promoted to Engineering Manager
- Navigating Interviews
- Your First Days
- Going where you are needed
- Essentials
- Driving an effective process
- Shipping successful products
- Empowering people to greatness
- How much you should (still) care about programming
- Techniques
- Delegating effectively
- 1:1 meetings
- Giving feedback
- Preventing burnout
- Managing everyone's attention
- Hiring great engineers
- Addressing performance issues/firing
- Promoting people
