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Engineering managers that also code a lot usually fall short on the managing part, at least in my experience. Imo it's better if they focus on building a great
by kayoone 9y ago
Engineering managers that also code a lot usually fall short on the managing part, at least in my experience. Imo it's better if they focus on building a great team, guiding the team in the right direction by doing code reviews and making the hard decisions and be somewhat of a shield between the devs and other internal or external stake holders. Sounds boring, but provides more value as a whole imo. It's also why i opted to not be a manager right now so that i can still code full time.
This does not apply if you are a <10 people company though.
- kochthesecond 9y agoI recently quit a job where I was in practice the tech lead. I did probably 60% code reviews, and made sure the architecture as a whole kept moving towards a coherent view and quality. But it was boring as I don't particularly enjoy teaching new developers basics of coding production ready systems every few months, especially when tied down as a consultant for a government organization. I ultimately had very little to say in what tech we could deploy. I therefore decided to go somewhere I might get more freedom to build quality with a bit less politics.
- TH3R3LL1K 9y agoI'm currently working for a company where the our manager holds a tight grip against the code we write, but he doesn't seem to guide us in the correct direction.