In this conversation with VP Engineering at the NY Times, David Yee, we cover a huge amount of ground from how delegation differs for managers of managers, the focus on principles over tasks, adapting your management style, bad reasons why people want to be a director and what does ethical engineering management mean to him. Listen to this episode for more.

Guest Biography:

David Yee is VP of Engineering at the New York Times. As an engineering leader, he’s built and scaled teams at both small and enormous companies in the worlds of journalism, music, and art—with an emphasis on product-oriented engineering and humane management.

His career has included roles as Chief Architect and co-founder at 20 by 200, co-founder and CTO at Editorially, and Engineering Director of Chorus at Vox Media

• Website: http://tangentialism.com/ 
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/tangentialism
• Mastodon: https://yee.camp/@david 
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-yee-3643651/

Episode Transcript and Show Notes: https://managingmanagers.tech/episodes/episode-022-david-yee/