Andrew Murphy | Technical Leadership

As loop engineering gives engineers time back from writing code, full-loop engineering answers what that time is for: carrying work from problem to outcome and back again.

Last week someone posted a job listing in a public engineering Slack community.

It's Tuesday morning.

Last Tuesday I was on a coaching call with an engineering manager.

Nobody tells you this when you become a manager: the conversations that make you successful are the ones that make you want to crawl out of your own skin.

What's the problem?

Burnout in engineering teams is rarely caused by a single event.

Introduction Recently I've been speaking to a lot of new leaders, and a mistake I keep seeing is equating productivity with the number of tasks they complete, meetings they attend, and decisions they make.

Leadership isn't about top-down direction.

Introduction Stepping into a leadership role in the tech industry can be as exciting as cracking a complex algorithm.

Introduction Stepping into the shoes of an Engineering Manager, you're entering an entirely new ballpark.

Introduction Stepping into a leadership role in the tech industry is both exciting and challenging.

Introduction In recent months, a worrying trend has been picking up across the engineering industry, as described by this article.