Purpose Driven Leader

To be impactful, how much code should an engineering manager write? 🤔
Should engineering managers write code at all?

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Do Engineering Managers Need to Write Code? One of the biggest difficulties in transitioning from a software developer to a manager is coming to terms with the realisation that…

So many of us talk about things as if they are absolutes.

"I can't sing"
"I am not good at writing"
"I don't do public speaking"

These all assume that you are already at the end of your journey, and what you have now is the final product.

The reality is far from it.

We are all works in progress. None of us have reached anything closer to a final destination.

Our brains are extremely malleable, and no matter how old, we are still able to pick up new skills.

Quick exercise: What limiting beliefs do you have that you consider to be fixed attributes? Which of those, if you didn't have that constraint today, would make your life much better? Take those, and add the word "yet" to the end of them.

"I can't sing... yet"
"I am not good at writing... yet"
"I don't do public speaking... yet"

Great. Now what's a step you can take that progresses this journey forward?