The Engineering-Manager Transition - How to Take Great Engineers and Make Them Great Technical Leaders

This talk examines the transition from software engineering to technical leadership. It covers communication, goal setting, mentoring, team culture, and aligning engineering work with business priorities.

Syllabus

Intro
Courtney Hemphill
What makes great products
Not great resources
Loyalty problem
New world
Teams are changing
Engineers have amazing skills
Courtneys story
What I expected to happen
Everything fell down to you
How did you find help
Software Development vs General Management
Basic Communication
Michael Darian
Barber Minto
Pyramid Principle
Situation State
Goal Setting
Mission Vision
Culture
What is Stitch Fix
Mentoring
Pairing
Be Authentic
Radical Candor
Can Scott Framework
Retrospective
Product Artboard
Not everybody needs to be a manager
Two paths
Roles responsibilities
Questions
Team Leadership
I Still Touch Code