Become an Effective Software Engineering Manager • James Stanier & Gergely Orosz • GOTO 2023
Interesting. interview on James Stanier, author of Become an Effective Software Engineering Manager transcription.
Interesting moments
- The real stories behind the book Each chapter begins with a story that easily allows you to imagine yourself in the place of the main character. (The example of a team manager who does not deliver the desired result). These parts are based on real stories:)
- Journey to become an engineering manager How to grow naturally with a company in a growing market:)
- Prescriptions vs tools: Why this book is different This book does not describe how to act in each situation. Instead, it describes situations and possible behavior within them. Readers can decide for themselves what to do:) Well, except for the hygienic rules of being a manager that go at the beginning of the book.
- Getting into management: How to make it happen It discusses how you can grow to an engineering manager within a growing company ... and how difficult it is to do in the current context, where some companies are shrinking rather than growing. It’s about how to make it safe to try to become a manager. (You can return to the role of individual contributor if the role of manager is not suitable.)
- Trends in engineering management A story about remote work, waves of cuts in tech companies, and as part of engineering managers may return to development for reasons of staff reduction. And the layoffs.
- Must-have tools in management They talk about delegation/control and stoicism. Book recommendations - a story about other booksEffective Remote WorkandThe Software Engineer's Guidebook"where the guest's first book and the interviewer's second book are.
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