The Engineering Manager

One of the key tasks when it comes to leadership of a large team is being able to define and communicate a strategy. When strategies are done well, they are a powerful tool for aligning individuals that are many steps removed from you: they can make decisions that align with the global maxima, without needing your input, by applying the strategic principles you set out. However, creating a strategy is not a one-and-done thing: you […]

Often it isn’t writing code that is the hard part of the job: it’s trying to work out how long it’s going to take to write it. Our companies want to ensure that our engineering salaries are being spent wisely, so it follows that they care about when we expect things to be delivered. Despite the fact that we have more tools and technologies available to us than ever before, we still struggle to get things done […]