Interviews with Software Managers
About transitioning from development to management
Kim Moir, Engineering Manager at Mozilla
“It is a completely different job than a software developer individual contributor with a completely different skill set. It is a steep learning curve but I feel like I’m learning something new every day.”
January 14, 2019 · #build-engineering #distributed-systems #distributed-teams #open-source #remote
Steffen Wenz, CTO at TrustYou GmbH
“Learning management skills will make you a more well-rounded employee, human being and maybe even set you up for entrepreneurship.”
January 07, 2019 · #data-science #natural-language-processing #product #web
Ahmed El Gabri, Principal Software Developer at Lightspeed
“First, be a good listener and second, understand how to send a message in a way that the other person will understand it in the way that you want.”
December 17, 2018 · #frontend #product #self-taught #web
Swaroop C H, Engineering Manager at Helpshift
“Tech lead is about leading projects. Engineering manager is about leading people, who themselves lead projects.”
December 10, 2018 · #machine-learning #startup
Ana Ulin, Staff Software Engineer at Abl Schools
“Seeing all our collective work come together as we make progress towards whatever we’re building is hugely satisfying.”