Yesterday we had a super fun meetup here at Intercom in Dublin. We split up into small discussion groups and talked about things related to managing teams and being a senior individual contributor (IC), and going back and forth throughout your career.
Questionable Advice: “How can I sniff out bad managers while interviewing for a job?”
A few weeks ago I got a question from Stephane Bjorne on twitter, about how to screen for bad managers and/or management culture. This is a great question. I’ve talked a lot about my philosop…
Where do IC designers go once they peak? — Tanner Christensen's blog
On why senior individual-contributor designers shouldn't have to move into management to grow—and how the industry can build a real IC leadership track.
The Manager’s Path in the Age of AI
This week, I gave a talk at LDX3 New York. When they asked me to speak and asked me for a topic, I said that it was probably time I finally…
Unintuitive Things I’ve Learned about Management (Part 1)
I first started managing people seven years ago, three years after I graduated and got my first design job. At the time, I was woefully…
Hire managers of one
When you’re hiring, seek out people who are managers of one. What’s that mean? A manager of one is someone who comes up with their own goals and executes them. They don’t need heavy direction. They don’t need daily check-ins. They do what a manager would do — set the tone…
Q&A: Can non-technical product managers be successful? - The Intercom Blog
Being a great product manager isn't about past experience. It comes down to understanding customer problems and how teams work, and great communication.
How did managers get introduced in 2014, and did it really change everything? · Issue #800 · holman/ama
Hi there, Well, you did say "ask anything" (how weird, opening an issue that is not about software development BTW). We all know that before 2014 Github was a "flat" organisatio...
What are the advantages of hjem over Home Manager?
15 votes, 10 comments. Recently I started hearing a lot of good stuff about hjem, but what are the actual advantages/ disadvantages of hjem over…
How to Create a Great Team Culture (and Why It Matters): Build safety, share vulnerability, establish purpose.: Queue: Vol 17, No 1
As leader of the team, you have significant influence over your team's culture. You can institute policies and procedures that help make your team happy and productive, monitor team successes, and continually improve the team. Another important part of ...
Why Good Managers Are So Rare
Gallup data shows they have a combination of hard-to-teach traits.
Managing through interfaces - The Engineering Manager
You can learn a lot about managing managers by thinking about interfaces from programming languages. We dig deeper into what that means.
Brian Jones's Manager Readme
Brian Jones, Engineering Manager at Anonymous: Mission Statement In order to understand how I approach leadership and management it may be helpful to set for...
AI Isn't Management. Try Explaining That to Matthew Prince
At last we have created the Corporation That Eliminates Middle Managers from classic management text Don't Eliminate the Middle Managers!
Because coordination is expensive
If you’ve ever worked at a larger organization, stop me if you’ve heard (or asked!) any of these questions: “Why do we move so slowly as an organization? We need to figure out how…
