Guide for new engineering managers
Empower your journey as a new engineering manager with our essential step-by-step guide for success and effective team management.
The article provides a step-by-step guide for new managers at Indigo, with required and optional items to ensure they have all the necessary resources and training available. The guide includes scheduling a handover meeting with the current team manager to discuss recent feedback, projects, individual goals, and shared documents or performance reviews. The article is written by Adam C. Conrad, an Engineering Manager at Meta, who is also an advisor, speaker, and writer. The reading time for the article is 2 minutes.
Original article: Becoming an engineering manager
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