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How I went from dreading OKR season to having an AI agent that produces strategy documents and NCT-format OKRs - complete with a private red-team report that makes me a better engineering manager.
Leadership and soft skills have no unit tests. I built two Kiro steering files that evaluate my interviewing and facilitation technique from meeting transcripts - with timestamped feedback, pattern tracking across sessions, and anti-sycophancy rules. Here's how it works and what I learned.
Engineering Manager's Skill Stack Doesn't Converge Engineering Manager is the only tech...
Stepping up in engineering leadership often means less time to code and more responsibility for decisions, alignment, and outcomes. This post explores how an AI-native SDLC can become real leverage for EMs and Staff+ engineers—helping reduce toil, accelerate learning, and amplify impact even when building time is scarce.
What happens in many engineering teams, especially as they grow, is that the line between technical...
As an engineering manager responsible for keeping serverless, event-driven systems alive, I’ve...
Thoughts on leadership style, leadership challenges, a comparison with coding and climbing, some reading suggestions
In the current context after the pandemic, distributed teams across the world have become a reality...
Something that's being seen and felt throughout the technology space in today's world is how fast...
Last year my manager quit. I was offered his position and since December or so, I am an engineering...
Many Engineering Managers promote Pull Requests as part of the development workflow. It’s a consolida...
