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7/ At some point, my connection dropped, and when I finally got the VPN back up and back on the call, this lead said "while you were gone, we decided that you're our new Jo".
I have little desire to get into management, but this may be the best work compliment I've ever had.
1/ So, I'm one of the more senior engineers on our team, and recently two of our engineering managers left the company for new opportunities. Totally happy for them but it's left some holes in the org. In particular, my immediate manager left, one of the best I've had <subtweet>
5/ I talked with them and another of their engineers for over an hour, discussing the high-priority tasks they've been given, talking over platforms they could target, and how to take their first feature and push a spike through each level of delivery.
6/ I rather talked too much (it's a failing of mine when I get going) but worked to make space for dialog, and tried to let them lead the conversation (with mixed success).
4/ Today I had a conversation with another feature team lead, who's been having a hard time figuring out how to bootstrap their team's area of responsibility. They have the technical chops, but aren't sure how to get started. Did they want to get on a call and talk?
2/ This manager (call them Jo) started in engineering, was very technical, stayed relevant, and managed to strike a great balance of leading, protecting their people from the worst of upper management decisions, encouraging us to grow and improve, and was generally awesome.
3/ I've been doing my best to fill the gaps Jo left from a technical perspective; I already provide a good amount of direction on technical issues, and I've been operating as a feature team lead for a while now.
@Bandcamp So excited about Radiohead's demos release that I typo'd my brother's email address on the gift form, and now I don't know how to make sure he gets it! (it was a non-deliverable address)
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