And now...
A few moments years later... It's been: 2164 days. Or 5 years, 11 months, 3 days, since my last post. In that time, I've evolved into a Senior Engineering Manager, not always sure what that means exactly, but that's what my LinkedIn profile claims. What has happened in those almost 6 years has still been a journey of constant learning of all things that it takes to be a technical leader. How to lead, how to coach and grow engineers, how to play the system, how to balance people and the organisation, how to context switch 300 times a day, how to survive 14 meetings a day, how to try deliver things through a team, how to step back, how to try stay current, how to work with people much smarter than you, how to ... The Question That Won't Go Away I recently re-read an excellent post: Engineering Management: The Pendulum Or The Ladder That post, plus my growing interest and use of AI in the last couple months, has resulted in questions constantly in the back of my mind is...