How Technical Should an EM Be?

Topics:

• When to promote from within? Why?
• Who is the best kind of engineer that will most succeed as a manager? The generalist or the specialist? The backend-heavy or the frontend-heavy?
• Do they need to be at a certain level? Do they need to be Senior to transition into management? How technical should it be?
• How to convince engineers that have the profile (traits + hard skills), but are skeptical about moving to the dark side of management?
• What if there are two or more who want it?
• The team’s opinion matters more than yours as the hiring manager?
• When to hire externally?
• What are your favorite questions for external candidates?

Shownotes:

• https://twitter.com/thiagoghisi/status/1496625130188857348
• https://twitter.com/ramannoodlez/status/1495146825736675334
• https://twitter.com/LBacaj/status/1490931625953308674
• https://twitter.com/marcprecipice/status/1479731951162380288