Become an Effective Software Engineering Manager

Let’s Get Organized!

The first part of your system that you are going to learn is how to capture and record information. As a manager, you’ll find that information bombards you from everywhere: emails, DMs, face-to-face conversations, meetings, you name it. A big part of being an effective manager is to be able to hold all of this information in a place that you can easily find and review it when you need to.

Whole books have been written on effective ways of organizing yourself. However, I’m going to share with you the system that I’ve developed for myself over the years. You may find that it works perfectly well for you or, in time, you may find your own system. Either is fine, as long as you have a system. You won’t survive without one.