Today's guest is Michael Lopp, better known as Rands, who is Senior Director of Engineering at Apple and writer of several popular books about engineering management, including "Managing Humans", which is a personal favorite of mine.
With Rands, we discuss his journey into writing and the impact it had on his personal and professional growth. We reflected on his leadership style and the complexities of modern engineering management.
01:07 Introduction
02:49 Rands first steps in writing
06:06 Sponsor
07:46 Does writing help in managing?
13:05 Michael and Rands
15:29 Managing humans and chaos
19:56 Mentoring fresh managers
21:31 Rands' managing style
28:27 Feedbacks
30:25 Changes in engineering management
33:43 AI: a future without layers
40:10 Testing a thesis
42:40 AI Interation = People Interation
45:07 What is not going to change
48:38 The 10%
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