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Become an Effective Software Engineering Manager
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Become an Effective Software Engineering Manager

by Dr. James Stanier
May 2020
Beginner to intermediate
396 pages
10h 22m
English
Pragmatic Bookshelf
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If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.

Milton Berle

Chapter 7Join Us!

You’re sitting in your one-to-one meeting with Lisa, your manager. As you finish summarizing your plan for rolling out the latest upgrade to the ingest pipeline, you notice the corners of her mouth beginning to form into a smile.

“There’s something else that I need to talk to you about as well.”

“What’s that?” you reply.

“We’ve just reforecast the budget for the second half of the year. Commercial has had an amazing couple of quarters, and the board think that it’s time to start expanding again.”

“OK, but what does that mean for me?”

“You’re expanding too! I’ve given you two more headcount that I’d like you to fill as soon as you can.”

You start jotting down notes ...

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