Becoming an Engineering Manager Without Losing Your Technical Soul - Paul Williams

This talk was recorded at NDC Toronto in Toronto, Canada. #ndctoronto #ndcconferences #developer #softwaredeveloper Attend the next NDC conference near you: https://ndcconferences.com https://ndctoronto.com Subscribe to our YouTube channel and learn every day: / ‪@NDC‬ Follow our Social Media!   / ndcconferences     / ndc_conferences     / ndc_conferences   #workskills #architecture #cplusplus #softskills It is common to hear programmers say "I don't want to become a team leader or manager because I want to stay technical." I have news for you - you can be both. As an Engineering Manager, how deep should your understanding of the systems that your team members are building go? How should you balance system architecture and design, code review, debugging, project management, mentorship and caring for your people? And the perennial question - how much code should you be writing? I don't pretend to have all the answers, but what I can bring are personal reflections from 20 years of managing high-performing software engineering teams alongside my 45 years of coding.