"Good engineering management" is a fad
A practice run for a talk I gave on 2025/11/5 about how the expectations of good engineering management have shifted as the macroeconomic environment has shifted, and will continue to shift. To be an effective manager across eras, you have to keep shifting your emphasis and skills. Blog post: http://lethain.com/good-eng-mgmt-is-a... Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/...

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