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Not a manager yet? Here's what I'd do if I were you.
Four things I'd focus on as a senior engineer trying to become an engineering manager.
Oct 6
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Stephane Moreau
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Decoding vague feedback from your director
Being told to "be more strategic" rarely comes with instructions.
Oct 4
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Stephane Moreau
3
September 2026
Maintaining quality while agents write the code
Agents can write code in seconds. Your team still needs to understand what it does.
Sep 29
•
Stephane Moreau
5
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How to manage a brilliant engineer who’s a know-it-all
What to do even when they’re often right.
Sep 27
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Stephane Moreau
5
Slop grenades
A new term is spreading for a very specific problem AI created.
Sep 22
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Stephane Moreau
9
4
Faster coding isn't producing faster delivery
The data on AI coding tools looks great at the individual level and unremarkable at the team level.
Sep 20
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Stephane Moreau
5
How to spot burnout in your engineers
The signals show up long before their performance takes a hit.
Sep 15
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Stephane Moreau
6
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Managers are building software without their teams now
AI removed the effort that used to make them ask first.
Sep 13
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Stephane Moreau
4
How technical should an Engineering Manager be?
Being technical enough has very little to do with how much code you write.
Sep 8
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Stephane Moreau
7
Is becoming an IC again a demotion?
The question more Engineering Managers seem to be asking themselves.
Sep 6
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Stephane Moreau
4
Why reviewing code feels so exhausting now
AI-generated code removed some of the signals reviewers used to rely on.
Sep 1
•
Stephane Moreau
2
August 2026
Don’t become the judge
What to do when two people on your team are telling you different stories.
Aug 30
•
Stephane Moreau
3
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