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How to become a software engineering manager

How to become a software engineering manager

Introduction Taking responsibility for the well-being of another human being is a serious responsibility, and that is what software engineering managers are expected to do. The people whose careers you have to look after have other people they have to look after as well. The decisions you make as a people manager will have a potential ripple effect on others you don’t directly manage. Traditionally, and to an extent professionally, that is not how we think about employees. Personal matters…

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Impostering a successful software engineering career

Impostering a successful software engineering career

I don’t know you but what I know for a fact is you are good enough! Remember that! I was walking down a hallway at my university back in 2000, between classes when I ran into a classmate going the opposite direction. Mustering courage, I asked him how he was finding the course so far. He immediately replied it had been great, especially the lesson on “multidimensional arrays” that day. He then proceeded to explain the concept in detail. As…

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How to improve one-on-one conversations as a Dev Manager

How to improve one-on-one conversations as a Dev Manager

I love having a one-on-one sessions with my manager. This time I associate with productivity and growth not to sound selfish but for 30 minutes it is about me and my career. The feedback is immediate on what I’m doing well, and what I can improve. No use waiting for the year-end review to first learn what I could have done better! The improvement starts immediately. But I have learned from my failures and past managers what I prefer not…

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