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Engineering Managers are not Psychologists

But they have more in common than you might think.

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Stephane Moreau
Aug 12, 2025
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As an engineering manager your responsibility is that your teams deliver on time, high quality projects that positively contribute to the company's goals. But in order to do this well your number one priority is the people.

People in your team need to be motivated, working well individually but also as a unit.

People in your team also have dreams and aspirations, and it’s your job to support them in achieving them.

Sometimes they are frustrated, stressed, sad, jealous, self-critical, scared, or feel rejected.

These are all emotions that can prohibit people from being able to be their do their best work.

It turns out, this has a lo…

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