What makes a great engineering manager? | Will Larson

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Will Larson currently serves as Carta's CTO. He was previously the CTO at Calm and worked at Stripe, Uber, Digg, and a few other places. In this video he goes over best engineering practices and engineering management. Will Larson Books: An Elegant Puzzle: Systems of Engineering Management - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08RMSHYGG Staff Engineer: Leadership beyond the management track - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08RMSHYGG Making Things Think: How AI and Deep Learning Power the Products We Use: https://www.holloway.com/b/making-things-think Will's recommendations: Thinking in Systems: https://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Systems-Donella-H-Meadows/dp/1603580557 Don't Think of an Elephant!: https://www.amazon.com/ALL-NEW-Dont-Think-Elephant/dp/160358594X TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Introduction 01:02 What makes a great manager? 06:42 Your first 90 days as CTO or VP Engineering 12:33 How to measure an engineering organization? 17:50 What are the commonalities of great engineering teams? 21:30 Is there a trend towards more nimble and smaller teams? 28:30 Investing in technical infrastructure 32:27 Serverless 37:10 Managing the energy of a team 41:40 Remote vs Hybrid 44:40 Engineering strategies 48:50 What makes a great staff engineer? 53:50 Book recommendations and conclusion