What makes a good or bad manager?
The Deliberate Engineer
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Good engineering careers don't just happen by accident. It takes a deliberate approach. My name is John L. Miller. I've spent the last 30 years working as a programmer and manager at Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Oracle, and many other places. Fifteen of those years were as a principal engineer, thirteen as a manager. Watch my videos to learn from my mistakes and experience! I'll post a new video every Friday morning Seattle (PDT/PST) time, and sometimes Tuesday mornings.
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After thirty years managing software engineers and being managed in big tech, I have a pretty good idea what makes a manager good or bad to work for, and what in particular to watch out for. Here's 11 attributes to look for in your manager, based on my time as an engineering manager, principal engineer, and manager of managers at Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and many other companies. TABLE OF CONTENTS 00:00 Introduction 01:14 Good attributes, yellow flags, red flags 01:43 The six good attributes 01:59 - Organized 03:09 - Positive 04:10 - Compartmentalized 05:16 - Cheerleader 06:29 - Engaged 07:08 - Adaptive 08:08 Yellow flags 08:20 - Self-involved 09:27 - Unresponsive 09:51 - Indecisive 10:34 Red Flags 10:51 - Inconsistent Communications 12:24 - Shifts Blame 13:21 Summary
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