Camille Fournier - The Manager’s Path

Recorded on April 10, 2018

[@willjennings7191]

I think that the emphasis on managerial empathy is well-intended, but it does not allow for leadership to acquire external talent. Instead, communication skills are the desirable trait, where empathy is a component dimension for evaluation of potential hires.

[@abdallahabu-ghazaleh3178]

Audio quality is pretty bad, but great talk. Good overview of important topics

[@swyxTV]

i feel like all vp engs and ctos are distsys people. feels depressing that i will never get there

[@ansarmuhammad]

For technical managers, to keep in touch with code, would it help to hire a coach who would pair program with you 1-2 hours every week? It would be costly but it would ensure that you spend that time actually writing code with someone helping you debug issues on the fly. This will give you confidence and exposure to the code level nuances. Might work for some people....