Stay Technical While Leading Your Team
<p>Engineers want their manager to deeply understand their work, resolve blockers, and provide technical guidance. Therefore, it’s important to stay technical as an engineering manager.</p>
<p>But how do you do that while managing a team?</p>
<p>One approach is to be a manager who also codes. Initially, I thought doing the technical work and managerial duties would help me lead my team.</p>
<p>I wanted to allocate 25% of my time to engineering tasks such as coding and reserve 75% for team management. However, my skip-level manager believed that if I split my workload, I would neglect my core responsibilities.</p>
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<p><a href="https://betterprogramming.pub/why-an-engineering-manager-should-not-review-code-46f87c08db66" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Emily Dresner</a>, an experienced engineering leader, says the core responsibilities of an engineering manager revolve around career development, performance management, strategic planning, and establishing efficient team processes.</p>
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<p>I had to choose between being an engineer or an engineering manager.</p>
<p>I chose to become a manager. But I wanted to figure out how to maintain my technical knowledge. So, I asked my mentor, also in a leadership role, for tips. They recommended approaching every new issue, idea, or question as an opportunity to learn something new.</p>
<p>However, staying curious about everything can be challenging when you have never-ending to-do lists.</p>
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