Learn concepts like management skills, working with different people, and working out who our team is and what they do.

Become an Effective Engineering Manager

The technology industry is facing a skills crisis. It’s because we don’t know how to manage people. This module aims at improving our managing skills. In this module, we’ll start with learning concepts like managing ourselves, interacting with humans, having one-on-one meetings with managers, and choosing the right person for the job. Next, we’ll learn how to deal with different people and projects. In the end, we'll touch upon the modern workspace concepts and life cycle of startups.

Become an Effective Software Engineering Manager

# Why programmers become bad managers

Managers in the technology industry have a tooling crisis. Typically, teams end up being run by engineers who are promoted into management positions, and may receive excellent guidance and training or none at all. This results in a wild disparity in managerial skills in our industry. Some are taught the tools that they need to become experts at their job, whereas many are metaphorically placed in front of the text editor with no idea what to type.

If we were to pick an arbitrary piece of software that we wanted to understand, we might ask:

Learn why programmers who transition to  management are usually not good at their job.

Programmers as Managers

Why programmers become bad managers