Journey With Me Through Software Engineering Leadership

Hello and welcome to the very first issue!

This Newsletter’s Aim:

• Knowledge Sharing: Each week, we'll distill insights and learnings, aiming to enrich those who, like us, are voraciously curious but pressed for time.

• A Personal Encyclopedia: This will serve as a living repository of knowledge, experiences, and reflections. Writing helps us learn!

• Connecting Worlds: We’re here to bridge gaps between engineers, engineering managers, and other leaders. We’ll delve into the essence of Engineering Management and grow the craft together!

What You Can Expect

• How to give and receive feedback, two critical areas to being an engineer and leader.

• Coaching, mentoring, and anything where we help others grow.

• How to manage “up” and “across” and what the heck that means.

• How to take accountability, and hold others accountable.

• Personal Stories about my career, with a focus on management.

• Challenges managers might face in their career.

• Emotional Intelligence as a leader, and why it’s so crucial.

• How to have effective 1:1s with anyone, but primarily your direct reports (or your manager).

• How to be an effective remote leader.

• Personal productivity (this could be its own newsletter, so we will mostly reference other peoples content)

• How to have hard conversations, and be blindsided with grace :)

• Less list based content, and more heart!

• …And so much more, but by now you get the idea. We’re hear to improve our leadership skills and build stronger healthier teams!

Join the Conversation; Let’s connect!

I invite you to embark on this journey with me, and if you know anyone who would be interested send them on over! I encourage you to reach out, share your stories, and ask questions.