Challenges of the new Engineering Manager
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The document discusses the challenges faced by a new engineering manager, Tom Bartel, emphasizing the shift from a developer to a managerial role. Key topics include redefining productivity, addressing self-doubt, and proactive problem identification through one-on-one meetings. Management is positioned as a support function that fosters team performance and personal growth.
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Challenges of the new Engineering Manager
- 1. Challenges of a new engineering manager Tom Bartel
- 2. Tom Bartel With trivago since 2013 Wanted to code more Didnt work out Team Lead / Engineering manager @twbartel
- 3. Management?
- 8. From http://www.bersin.com/blog/post/2011/03/Google-Studies- Management-and-Uncovers-the-Fundamentals.aspx One of the revelations which Google discovered was that "the biggest controllable factor in high performing teams was the quality of the manager, and how they sort of made things happen." Google: Project Oxygen
- 9. Core mission Turn each employees unique talents into performance
- 10. Who to pick for this job? vs.
- 13. Productivity as a developer Commits Completed tasks Shipped features
- 14. Productivity as a manager Commits Completed tasks Shipped features
- 16. 8:30 - 9:30: email, make appointments, check workshop signup 9:30 - 10:00: Discussion on merge request 10:00 - 10:15: Discussion with Product Owner on priorities 10:15 - 10:30: Standup of standups 10:30 - 11:00: One-on-one meeting with a Product Owner Daily activities (1)
- 17. 11:00 - 13:00: Small stu鍖 13:00 - 14:00: Meeting on the new work鍖ow 14:00 - 15:00: Meeting on replacing our package management server 15:00 - 16:30: Review the results of the company survey. Summarize a peer review for an employee. 16:30 - 17:00: One-on-one meeting with a developer. Daily activities (2)
- 18. Joel Spolsky The management team isnt the decision making team. Its a support function. You may want to call them administration instead of management, which will keep them from getting too big for their britches. Management = Administration
- 19. But also: Management is real work Provide training opportunities Give actionable feedback Encourage Help with a role change
- 20. Its about the long-term Trust Retention Growth
- 21. DRY = Dont Repeat Yourself DRY = Do Repeat Yourself
- 22. Productivity rede鍖ned Connect two people Learn something new about a colleague
- 23. Productivity rede鍖ned Help somebody with bureaucracy Teach somebody something
- 24. Productivity rede鍖ned Bounce ideas back and forth Get somebody equipment they need
- 25. Andy Grove A managers output = the output of his organization + the output of the neighboring organizations under his in鍖uence. Its not about you
- 27. 2. Who am I to ?
- 28. All of a sudden you are asked Vacation approval May I work from home on Friday?
- 29. Yesterday, you were just another introvert developer
- 30. Today you are on stage
- 31. Hiding is not an option
- 32. New responsibilities Give critical feedbackListen to complaints
- 34. Awkwardness
- 35. Rich Armstrong, Be a Manager, https://medium.com/servant-leadership/ be-a-manager-3b0e39d87179 Start learning to be a manager, and be uncomfortable about it.
- 36. So what to do?
- 37. Just go with it
- 38. Get a mentor
- 39. Do peer coaching
- 40. 2. Who am I to ?
- 41. 3. Problems dont come to you
- 42. I quit
- 43. Open door policy
- 45. Why is that? I dont want to steal the boss time. I dont want to make a big fuss of it. Ill wait for the right time*. * The right time will never come. Probably its me. If I try harder, it will be 鍖ne.
- 46. you have to 鍖nd the problems.
- 49. One-on-one rules 1 + 1 = 2 30+ min Every 1 to n weeks Agenda set by employee
- 50. One-on-one topics Progress of certain projects Employee happiness Exchange feedback Personal topics Problems in the organization Employee goals https://jasonevanish.com/2014/05/29/101- questions-to-ask-in-1-on-1s/
- 51. Value of one-on-ones Trust and Rapport Feedback Ideas Growth
- 52. Wrapping up
- 53. Challenges 1. Rede鍖ne productivity 2. Overcome the Who am I to? syndrome 3. Go and 鍖nd the problems
- 54. Books
- 55. tombartel.de
- 56. Thank you! Questions? Yes? Please?