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		marcinzm on Feb 17, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Soft Skills in Engineering Leadership I've been a manager for a while and at best I get 20% time to code. With 8+ reports the weeks tends to break down into: * 20% for 1-on-1s and dealing with management level issues people bring up. * 20% spent on hiring * 20% on various status meetings (team, cross-team, with my boss, etc.) * 20% spent on pro-actively finding or solving issues before the explode. This includes networking with my counterparts in the rest of the org so I get information and build political capital.

Aeolun on Feb 17, 2021 [–]

20% on hiring with 8 reports?

marcinzm on Feb 17, 2021 | | [–]

Startup so quickly growing team and less recruiting support. Stabler team in a large org would have less hiring but more meetings.

pnut on Feb 17, 2021 | | [–]

Engineering manager's reports are team leads, so that's like 40-50 people probably. Plus any cross-discipline interviewing.

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