Overview
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Learn about the skills you need to successfully transition from an individual contributor developer on a team to an engineering manager.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Moving to management
- What do managers do?
- Skills and attributes you need as a manager
- Holding one-on-one meetings
- Agendas, note taking, and documentation
- Reviews and assessments
- Shifting your mindset from coding to coaching
- Approach technical problems as a manager
- Managing junior developers
- Managing senior developers
- Assess tech skills outside your expertise
- Cross-team collaboration
- Mentoring as an engineering manager
- Advocating for your direct reports
- Ethical considerations in management
- Having difficult conversations
- Maintain and expand your technical skills
- Growing your management skills
- Setting goals with your team
- Tailoring your management journey
