Ask an Engineering Manager

017: Typical Mistakes of new engineering managers

What possible mistakes should I be aware of as a new engineering manager? Typical mistakes that almost every new engineering manager makes, why they are bad, and how to avoid them.

016: Unconventional ways to kickstart a career in tech (Interview with William A. Adams)

How can people without a traditional tech background get access to jobs in technology? As a manager, what can I do to find that kind of talent, and provide on-ramps to a career in tech? What roadblocks are there typically, and how to solve them? For this episode, rather than just me talking, I interviewed an expert in this field: William A. Adams, an engineering manager and advisor to the CTO at Microsoft, with a long history of succesful initiatives to increase diversity in tech hiring.  Find more info at aka.ms/leap and william-a-adams.com

015: Holiday Special: Christmas gifts for nerds, Christmas gifts by nerds

Holiday gifts from nerds - how you can give the gift of technology to make your loved ones' lifes better. Some services or products mentioned: Online backup: https://www.backblaze.com/cloud-backup.html [https://www.backblaze.com/cloud-backup.html] Photo backup: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.amazon.clouddrive.photos [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.amazon.clouddrive.photos] PC Remote control: https://www.teamviewer.com/en/products/teamviewer/ [https://www.teamviewer.com/en/products/teamviewer/] my favorite ebook reader: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08KTZ8249 [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08KTZ8249] iOS podcast app: https://overcast.fm/ [https://overcast.fm/] Android podcast app (also cross-platform): https://www.pocketcasts.com/ [https://www.pocketcasts.com/] Holiday gifts for nerds - what you can give the nerd in your life that they would not think of themselves Retro gaming: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_NES_Classic_Edition [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_NES_Classic_Edition] https://genesismini.sega.com/ [https://genesismini.sega.com/] https://gpd.hk/gpdxdplus [https://gpd.hk/gpdxdplus] Coffee table books: iconic: a photographic tribute to apple https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/098858171X/ [https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/098858171X/] super nes or mega drive pixel book https://www.bitmapbooks.co.uk/products/the-snes-pixel-book [https://www.bitmapbooks.co.uk/products/the-snes-pixel-book] Atlas obscura https://www.amazon.de/Atlas-Obscura-Explorers-Worlds-Wonders/dp/1523506482 [https://www.amazon.de/Atlas-Obscura-Explorers-Worlds-Wonders/dp/1523506482] the geek atlas https://www.amazon.de/Geek-Atlas-Places-Science-Technology/dp/0596523203 [https://www.amazon.de/Geek-Atlas-Places-Science-Technology/dp/0596523203]

014: Books: What are the best books about Software Engineering?

This time the title says it all: The best books about software engineers, and for software engineers, from timeless classics to books that everybody knows and nobdy reads, to books that are not about software development at all but still highly recommended for programmers.   The giant list of links to all the recommended software engineering books mentioned: https://bignerdranch.com/books/ios-programming-the-big-nerd-ranch-guide-7th-edition/ [https://bignerdranch.com/books/ios-programming-the-big-nerd-ranch-guide-7th-edition/] https://www.newline.co/ng-book/2/ [https://www.newline.co/ng-book/2/] https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/effective-java/9780134686097/ [https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/effective-java/9780134686097/] http://therubyway.io/ [http://therubyway.io/] https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2 [https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2] https://pragprog.com/titles/utj2/pragmatic-unit-testing-in-java-8-with-junit/ [https://pragprog.com/titles/utj2/pragmatic-unit-testing-in-java-8-with-junit/] https://www.postgresql.org/docs/ [https://www.postgresql.org/docs/] https://pragprog.com/titles/pwrdata/seven-databases-in-seven-weeks-second-edition/ [https://pragprog.com/titles/pwrdata/seven-databases-in-seven-weeks-second-edition/] https://nostarch.com/howlinuxworks3 [https://nostarch.com/howlinuxworks3] http://regex.info/book.html [http://regex.info/book.html] https://www.algorist.com/ [https://www.algorist.com/] https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/code-complete-second/0735619670/ [https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/code-complete-second/0735619670/] https://pragprog.com/titles/tpp20/the-pragmatic-programmer-20th-anniversary-edition/ [https://pragprog.com/titles/tpp20/the-pragmatic-programmer-20th-anniversary-edition/] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3735293-clean-code [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3735293-clean-code] https://martinfowler.com/books/refactoring.html [https://martinfowler.com/books/refactoring.html] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/85009.Design_Patterns [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/85009.Design_Patterns] https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/head-first-design/9781492077992/ [https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/head-first-design/9781492077992/] https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/head-first-object-oriented/0596008678/ [https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/head-first-object-oriented/0596008678/] https://www.dddcommunity.org/book/evans_2003/ [https://www.dddcommunity.org/book/evans_2003/] https://www.infoq.com/minibooks/domain-driven-design-quickly/ [https://www.infoq.com/minibooks/domain-driven-design-quickly/] https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/domain-driven-design-distilled/9780134434964/ [https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/domain-driven-design-distilled/9780134434964/] https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/04/06/things-you-should-never-do-part-i/ [https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/04/06/things-you-should-never-do-part-i/] https://martinfowler.com/architecture/ [https://martinfowler.com/architecture/] https://pragprog.com/titles/mnee2/release-it-second-edition/ [%20%20%20https:/pragprog.com/titles/mnee2/release-it-second-edition/] https://dataintensive.net/ [https://dataintensive.net/] https://hpbn.co/ [https://hpbn.co/] https://www.joelonsoftware.com/category/uibook/ [https://www.joelonsoftware.com/category/uibook/] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41790.User_Interface_Design_for_Programmers [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41790.User_Interface_Design_for_Programmers] https://sensible.com/dont-make-me-think/ [https://sensible.com/dont-make-me-think/] https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/the-non-designers-design/9780133966350/ [https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/the-non-designers-design/9780133966350/] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mythical_Man-Month [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mythical_Man-Month] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peopleware:_Productive_Projects_and_Teams [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peopleware:_Productive_Projects_and_Teams] https://www.pearson.com/us/higher-education/product/Pindyck-Microeconomics-9th-Edition/9780134184241.html [https://www.pearson.com/us/higher-education/product/Pindyck-Microeconomics-9th-Edition/9780134184241.html] https://freakonomics.com/books/ [https://freakonomics.com/books/] https://timharford.com/books/undercovereconomist/ [https://timharford.com/books/undercovereconomist/] https://www.kalzumeus.com/greatest-hits/ [https://www.kalzumeus.com/greatest-hits/] https://twitter.com/patio11 [https://twitter.com/patio11] https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=patio11 [https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=patio11] https://stripe.com/en-de/guides [https://stripe.com/en-de/guides] https://press.stripe.com/ [https://press.stripe.com/]

013: What should I wear to a job interview?

One of the most frequent topics when giving advice to new graduates about an upcoming job interview is: "What is a suitable outfit for a job interview?". The most important answer here is: Do not worry too much about it, what you are wearing is much less important than you think. For more details, listen to the episode. Want to have your questions answered? Send them to askanengineeringmanager@gmail.com Already listening? Please take 2 minutes to let us know what you think: https://www.surveymonkey.de/r/28SSB95