Posts tagged with Management
Keynote: Mapping a Career in Leadership
A couple weeks ago, I had the privilege of performing a keynote speech for a meetup of engineering managers and leaders in San Francisco. Hosted by a community that is, well, called exactly that—San Francisco Engineering Leadership Community (SFELC)…
Review: High Output Management
High Output Management reminds me a bit of A Random Walk Down Wall Street — Mostly in the sense that both are the grandfather tomes, of people management and investment strategy respectively. And while both are worth the time to read…
Scaling with Your Team
I still remember the exchange. It was about 18 months into my tenure at Square—so about 5–6 years ago at time of this writing in 2018—and I've had the good fortune of working with a…
Skills for Aspiring Engineering Directors
Prevailing wisdom suggests that within the ranks of management, despite their proximity on most career ladders, the roles of a manager and a director are meaningfully different. Just as it's difficult to appreciate the responsibilities of line management…
To Practice Management
My weekly routine lets me talk to a pretty wide range of engineers at different points in their careers. Between candidate interviews and mentoring, I chat with everyone from new grads to more seasoned and experienced senior engineers to tech…
Review: The Leadership Pipeline
Management books are mostly hit-or-miss for me; I find that a good number of them are products of their eras, of specific trends and technologies, and sometimes fads that feel antiquated[1]. Due to the limited shelf life…
