Key factors in my mind: * Does your manager encourage you to have a growth mindset? Do they push you to take a moment of company time and think about where you

Key factors in my mind: * Does your manager encourage you to have a growth mindset? Do they push you to take a moment of company time and think about where you might want to be in 1-5 years? * Does your manager help you get useful feedback? Do they try to hold retrospectives from time to time? Do they identify and address communication gaps? * If your manager has an engineering background, are they effective at precipitating alignment among diverse technical perspectives? Can they get people to agree on some things, even basic things? * Does your manager counterbalance engineers’ tendency to pursue too much complexity? Does your manager help focus on the simple stuff from time to time? * Is your manager effective at recognizing and addressing burnout? I’ve only had 2 managers who scored more than half on that scale in 10 years of experience. Try to find one of the items that your manager is good at and exploit their strengths.