#engineering-management

4 posts

Is Now a Good Time to Be an EM? I Think So, If You Can Still Build
Tech & Leadership··5 min

Is Now a Good Time to Be an EM? I Think So, If You Can Still Build

I go back and forth on whether now is a better time to be an IC or an EM. After reading Camille Fournier's talk on management in the age of AI, my answer is a great time to be an EM with builder chops.

How I Review PRs as an Engineering Manager
Tech & Leadership··6 min

How I Review PRs as an Engineering Manager

Becoming a manager changed what I look for in a pull request. I care less about how I would've written the code and more about outcomes, ownership, and risk.

What I'm Telling My Nephew About AI and Our Future Economies
Tech & Leadership··5 min

What I'm Telling My Nephew About AI and Our Future Economies

I'm using agentic AI to build software at work while having worried conversations at home about what to tell graduating seniors. Living in two realities at once.

From Developer to Engineering Manager: Lessons Learned
Tech & Leadership··5 min

From Developer to Engineering Manager: Lessons Learned

What does it really mean to be an engineering manager? After my first year, I've narrowed it to three C's of leadership: Clarity, Connection, and Catalyst.