Manager.dev
Anton ZaidesThe biggest newsletter written ONLY for Engineering Managers. Practical weekly articles on building and leading a software team.
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Back in Q3 of 2023 my company’s CPO stopped the roadmap and told us to build an LLM-based feature. It was right at the peak of the ‘chatbots’ hype, where every company wanted its own version of ChatGPT.
I really hate decisions based on hyp...
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Last April, I wrote a well-received article about the 13 software engineering laws - Hyrum’s, Conway’s, Zawinski’s, and 10 famous others. The common patterns people noticed in software projects and decided to name.
But beyond the named la...
Engineering Management & Fatherhood - Take #2
In October, I started a new role as an Engineering Manager of an established team (7 strong engineers).
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I can't stop thinking about how different it all feels compared to my first time...
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Ex-Director of Engineering, founder of manager.dev. Writing about the challenges of leading software teams.
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