GOTO 2019 • What Engineering Managers Should Do (and Why We Don’t) • Lena Reinhard

This presentation was recorded at GOTO Berlin 2019. #GOTOcon #GOTOber
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Lena Reinhard - Director of Engineering at CircleCI

ABSTRACT
Technical leadership. Hands-on coding. Process management. Project management. Delivery. People management. Architecture decisions. Product oversight. Hiring.—With so many things on an engineering manager’s plate, is it any wonder that many great engineers flounder as engineering managers?
Yet, in order to retain engineers in a competitive job market, you have to invest in building and supporting your engineering managers. Individuals don’t leave jobs or companies -- they leave managers who aren’t equipped to support them.
In this talk, I will explain how our organisations currently set engineering managers up to fail, and what we need to change to help them, and their teams, succeed. I'll share personal anecdotes and examples of how I got my teams on the right track through:

• Redesigning team and organisational structure
• Clarifying roles and responsibilities
• Outlining clear paths for growth for engineers and managers (and growth paths that don’t include management)
• Rethinking how to hire engineering managers, and what to look for when [...]

Read the full abstract here:
https://gotober.com/2019/sessions/1047/what-engineering-managers-should-do-and-why-we-don-t

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