The Engineering Manager

This article is part of a series on managing managers. There are two universal truths that you simply cannot fight: As a manager of managers, there will always be more to do than you have the time to do yourself. Your direct reports, if they are talented, will always be looking for career progression. If you only consider these truths individually, then it can cause difficult problems to emerge: Just how are you meant to […]

This article is part of a series on managing managers. I was flicking through my dusty copy of High Output Management recently and I was reminded of this fantastic piece of advice. On reflection, I’ve realized that I’ve been using this approach without explicitly remembering where I learned about it, so it was pleasant to be reminded of its provenance. A common route for a manager to become a manager of managers is through rapid […]