Brett: I think some of the most significant ways to help someone is by asking them excellent questions. Are there any that you tend to go to? Brett: We're a couple of it. I feel like I repeat myself, fair amount list. But I'd be curious, actually, if people on my team felt like they thought it was repetitious.
Our guest today is Marcel Weekes, VP of Product Engineering at Figma and former VP of Engineering at Slack.
In today’s conversation, he unpacks why most startups get it wrong when they uplevel someone from IC engineer to eng manager and unfurls what stellar engineering management looks like at high-growth companies, including:
- Setting appropriate expectations and goals
- Turbocharging the team’s effectiveness
- Delivering high-impact feedback
- Going from a peer to a manager
- What leaders risk when they drag their heels on managing out low-performers
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