Engineering Manager

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First hires on engineering managers? Does that have to be a prom or pro? Can it bein an amateur and an what point can you say, no, we can no longer have amateur engineering managers in our organization. This is a little dangerous territory, because i think what you are actually looking for someone who could be a pro. And many start out of necessity,. Because if maybe hiring might put an amateur in there, i think t amateur is a danger, dangerous one - they just don't have the intuition that even proams might haveBecause of natural ability or talent, or at least some experience. So i don't think proams are danger i just think ou ouge to

Jason and Eiso wrap up their three-part series on Engineering Leadership roles by taking a deep dive into engineering managers and tech leads.

Learn how to hire your first engineering manager, whether to hire your engineering leaders from inside the company, and how the roles of tech leads change as your company grows. We also covered some communication techniques and how to design your teams as the company scales and communication lines increase.

Learn more about some of the topics discussed on this episode at go.developingleadership.co/ep8

Developing Leadership is a podcast presented by Athenian. We are introducing the world of engineering to metrics and data that improve processes and help teams. If you want to learn more about data-enabled engineering, go to athenian.co