Prologue So you made it through the Tech Lead phase, nice job! Maybe it felt like you’d finally learned how to juggle chainsaws and not lose a limb. You handled tricky code reviews, tight deadlines, and got your team working together without too much drama. Now it’s time for the next challenge: becoming an Engineering … The Evolution Continues: More People, Less Code
Prologue It’s late, and the office lights are dimming around me. I’m supposed to be heading home, but I’m frozen in front of my monitor, thinking about how I got here the ups and downs. I’d been a leader in the past, high-level, strategic stuff, then took a detour, change the country, new world so … Stories behind “Charting Your Path Beyond the Code”
Prologue Why am I writing this? Because transitioning from a technical role into management is one of the most challenging shifts in an IT career. I was a CEO, then down the path to developer, then again up and down, and… getting dizzy there. Many of us start out as developers, sysadmins, or engineers, enjoying … Charting Your Path Beyond the Code