3 ms·

How do I even become an engineering manager? I’ve been coding for > 10 years... Seems like I’m the go to guy to always fix things and I seem to be stuck as a t

• sethammons 6y ago
  Have you applied? I, just last week, moved from a dev role to a manager role. I had previously talked with my manager at our one on ones about being interested in this path. They pointed out some new positions being hired and so I applied.
• castlecrasher2 6y ago
  >How do I even become an engineering manager? I was made one because my director said during a team meeting that we needed more senior staff to get work moving forward and I disagreed, saying if we made our processes better we could deliver faster. I had a conversation with him after saying if he gave me a team I would get him what we needed, and that's how I started.