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16 Blogs On Engineering Management And Leadership You May Not Know About

November 4, 2018 7 Comments

The following blogs are all from previous guests on managersclub.com. You may not know about all these blogs but they are based on the real-life experience of engineering managers. Many of these are on medium so you can easily follow them.

I’ve also added links to their engineering management interviews on managersclub.com.

Blogs

  1. http://allenc.com/articles/. Articles on engineering leadership by Allen Cheung, Senior Director of Engineering at Affirm.
  2. https://www.tombartel.me/ – Thoughts on software engineering and engineering management by Tom Bartel
  3. https://matthewnewkirk.com/  “NotSoSoftware Because software development can be hard” blog by Matt Newkirk Engineering Manager at Etsy.
  4. https://medium.com/@Bar_Code/latest Articles by Brent Baisley VP of Engineering, Ticket Evolution. “Architect of systems, people, and teams. Leadership mentor. I connect the dots of code, systems, and people.”
  5. https://medium.com/@yagiz/latest Articles by Yagiz Erkan, VP of Technology at Motive Retail. “Technical leader in software development. Servant of Engineering, Product and IT teams. Avid reader. Passionate communicator of ideas and experiences.”
  6. https://medium.com/@kimber_lockhart Articles by Kimber Lockhart CTO @ One Medical
  7. https://ruiper.es/ Ramblings about code by Rui Peres, Engineering Manager at Babylon Health.
  8. https://www.intercom.com/blog/author/rich_archbold/ Inside Intercom: by Rich Archbold, Senior Director Of Engineering at Intercom.
  9. https://medium.com/@traviskimmel Articles by Travis Kimmel CEO of GitPrime.
  10. https://www.jrothman.com/blogs/ Blog by Johanna Rothman who helps managers and leaders do reasonable things that work. She is the author of 14 books and counting.
  11. https://ronlichty.com/ and http://managingtheunmanageable.net/. Articles by Ron Lichty Consultant, Interim VP Engineering and Author on Software Engineering Management. Ron is the co-author of Managing the Unmanageable: Rules, Tools, and Insights for Managing Software People and Teams.
  12. http://pragmati.st/ The “pragmatist” by Patrick Joyce, Director of Engineering at Stitch Fix.
  13. https://medium.com/@cgroom Articles by Chuck Groom, Director of Engineering at VTS. “I have 18+ years experience as an entrepreneur and software engineer.”
  14. http://eisabainyo.net/weblog/ “Technology Career. Leadership. Life. The Intersection – where technology career, leadership, and life intersect. “ blog by Ei Sabai (Isabel) Engineering Leader, Technologist, Author, and Speaker.
  15. http://blog.benjamin-encz.de/ [Thinking inside a large box]; by Benjamin Encz, Director of Engineering at PlanGrid
  16. https://medium.com/@kawomersley Articles by Katie Womersley Director of Engineering @Buffer.

Missing Any?

What did I miss? Let me know in the comments below!


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Comments

  1. Ravi Bhim says

    September 4, 2019 at 1:29 am

    Hey Vidal, Absolutely love some of these recommendations, we write quite a lot about aspects that matter to engineering managers and leaders, few resources for your review below.

    https://www.beautifulcode.co/blog/90-how-top-engineering-leaders-build-high-performance-teams
    https://www.beautifulcode.co/blog/89-what-makes-a-great-vp-of-engineering
    https://www.beautifulcode.co/blog/93-how-to-retain-your-best-performing-engineers
    https://www.beautifulcode.co/blog/98-how-do-top-technology-leaders-stay-organized-and-disciplined
    https://www.beautifulcode.co/blog/101-top-traits-of-successful-engineering-leaders
    https://www.beautifulcode.co/blog/94-vp-of-engineering-vs-cto-who-does-what
    https://www.beautifulcode.co/blog/92-how-to-build-manage-and-lead-remote-distributed-engineering-teams

    Reply
  2. Robert Rodish says

    September 12, 2019 at 6:35 am

    Thank you for this collection of blogs, have checked 3 of them, seems very helpful.

    Reply
  3. Waydev Git Analytics says

    September 18, 2019 at 5:49 am

    Hi Vidal, Can you include also Waydev blog? as one of the #1 Git Analytics solution? Here it is https://waydev.co/blog

    Reply
  4. Zach Lloyd says

    September 27, 2019 at 10:59 am

    I’ve recently put my thoughts on eng management together here:

    https://thezbook.com/

    Would love any feedback.

    Thank you!

    Reply
  5. Jack peter says

    October 8, 2019 at 11:50 pm

    very interesting , good job and thanks for sharing such a good blog.
    your article is so convincing that I never stop myself to say something about it.
    You’re doing a great job Man nice information for a new blogger…it is really helpful

    Reply
  6. Software Manager says

    November 23, 2019 at 12:53 pm

    I write a blog focused on software engineering management: https://softwaremanagerblog.com/ Hope you will like it.

    Reply
  7. Csaba Okrona says

    February 9, 2021 at 6:46 am

    Another engineering manager chiming in – my blog is at https://ochronus.online/ – with a variety of management and leadership topics including but not limited to interviewing, goal setting, performance reviews, communication skills and coaching.

    Reply

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