Below are some thoughts that I put together in my journey to learn how to become a better manager of engineers. The learning journey continues. You mu

Thoughts on managing engineering teams

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Below are some thoughts that I put together in my journey to learn how to become a better manager of engineers. The learning journey continues.

You must have a vision of where you would like the team to go. A team needs to have long term goals that fit within the organization. Imagine the most perfect version of your team. What should it do? Should it evolve to several teams? Should it focus on fewer responsibilities? Should your team build a new product or process? ..etc. The “most perfect version” of a team is subjective, it will likely differ from one person to the next. So feel free to consult your leaders, your team, you peers, what have you. However, it’s on you to put the vision together, or else your management career will devolve into a series of reactions.

Having said all that, a vision without a strategy is a work of fiction. A fancy idea that will stay an idea. Think of small incremental steps that follow your paths of least resistance to get to your vision. Those small incremental steps become your strategy. Some steps you’ll get right, others you will get wrong. Fail fast, learn, then iterate.