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In this course, you will learn:
- Are you looking to become a team leader or an engineering manager? Jem Young, Netflix's Software Engineer Manager, shares his motives for transitioning into management and confronts hard truths about the role to understand what makes a strong manager.
- How to develop people leadership abilities, how to conduct meetings effectively, and how to deal with the initial challenges that new managers face.
- You'll learn if management is appropriate for you and lay the groundwork for a successful career in software management!
Syllabus:
1. What is Engineering Management
- Business of Technology
- Management is a Role Change
- Transitioning to Management
- Roles Engineering Managers Play
- Motivations to Become an Engineering Manager
- Ask an Engineer Manager
- Truths about Engineering Management
- People Leadership
- Exercise: Self Reflection and the Path to Leadership
2. Becoming an Engineering Manager
- Paths to Management
- Management as a Skill
- Critical Skills for Management
- Ask a Manager: Skills
- Exercise: Self Skill Assessment
3. Finding a Role & Interviewing
- Interviewing for a Manager Role
- Looking for your First Role
- The Manager Interview
- Interviewing Takeaways
4. The Role of a Manager
- What Do Managers Do?
- Engineering Manager Responsibilities
- Daily, Weekly, & Yearly Tasks
- Meetings
- Meetings Exercise
- Purpose of a Meeting
- Role in a Meeting
5. Your First 30 Days
- What is Different?
- What Should You Be Doing?
- Mistakes to Avoid
- Managing Up
