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Should I Care about "Manager READMEs"?

Managing Up

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Is There a Marker of Maturity in Engineers?

I expect people to tell me the truth and not hide truth from me, even if it's uncomfortable. I think that is a tremendous marker of maturity in an engineering manager. One of the clear signs I always look for for maturity in engineers is that they understand those trade-offs. You don't want to have 30 tests that can fail in every single conversation.

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