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Everything filed under management management Everything filed under team size team size Everything filed under empathy empathy Everything filed under hiring hiring Everything filed under product management product management Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: A manager's own individual technical output drops by roughly 10-20% per engineer they manage. A manager's own individual technicaloutput drops by roughly 10-20% perengineer they manage. Last stated 2 years ago 1 Apr 2025 BK Ben Kuhn — holds since 2025-04-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: An engineering manager should support six to eight engineers: fewer and they drift into being a tech lead, more and they can only be a coach. — tap to centre the map on it An engineering manager shouldsupport six to eight engineers:fewer and they drift into being atech lead, more and they can only bea coach. Last stated 8 years ago 14 Jul 2018 WL Will Larson — holds since 2018-07-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: Engineering managers are a necessary evil for when things break down; 37signals tried them for two years and went back to leaving programmers alone. — tap to centre the map on it Engineering managers are a necessaryevil for when things break down;37signals tried them for two yearsand went back to leaving programmersalone. Last stated a year ago 12 Jul 2025 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-07-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: A few larger teams under experienced engineering managers outperform many tiny teams each led by a working tech lead. — tap to centre the map on it A few larger teams under experiencedengineering managers outperform manytiny teams each led by a workingtech lead. Last stated 3 years ago 5 Jan 2024 CM Charity Majors — holds since 2024-01-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: People who manage product managers should still spend almost all of their own time doing individual contributor work. — tap to centre the map on it People who manage product managersshould still spend almost all oftheir own time doing individualcontributor work. Last stated 3 months ago 2 Aug 2026 TV Tom Verrilli — holds since 2026-08-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A manager’s output is the output of their team and of the people they influence, not the work they personally produce. — tap to centre the map on it A manager’s output is the output oftheir team and of the people theyinfluence, not the work theypersonally produce. Last stated 5 years ago 9 Oct 2021 CF Camille Fournier — holds since 2021-10-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Engineering and management cannot both be improved at once, so a new manager has to stop trying to be the senior engineer as well. — tap to centre the map on it Engineering and management cannotboth be improved at once, so a newmanager has to stop trying to be thesenior engineer as well. Last stated 5 years ago 9 Oct 2021 CM Charity Majors — holds since 2017-05-11 — tap for who they are CF Camille Fournier — holds since 2021-10-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Great engineers rarely complain about product managers, because they bend them to their will and do not put up with bad ones. — tap to centre the map on it Great engineers rarely complainabout product managers, because theybend them to their will and do notput up with bad ones. Last stated 2 months ago 20 Sept 2026 PS Peter Sellis — holds since 2026-09-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: The best engineering managers are never more than two or three years away from hands-on work, and the best individual contributors have done time in management. — tap to centre the map on it The best engineering managers arenever more than two or three yearsaway from hands-on work, and thebest individual contributors havedone time in management. Last stated 9 years ago 11 May 2017 CM Charity Majors — holds since 2017-05-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: A few senior individual contributors can be paid VP money and still cost less than the layered product org they replace. — tap to centre the map on it A few senior individual contributorscan be paid VP money and still costless than the layered product orgthey replace. Last stated 3 months ago 2 Aug 2026 TV Tom Verrilli — holds since 2026-08-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A functionally organised engineering team seizes up at around a hundred people, because every feature then has to be negotiated against every other team's bandwidth. — tap to centre the map on it A functionally organised engineeringteam seizes up at around a hundredpeople, because every feature thenhas to be negotiated against everyother team's bandwidth. Last stated 7 months ago 1 Apr 2026 TP Thuan Pham — holds since 2026-04-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A group of fewer than four people is not a team: it behaves like a set of individuals, and a single departure knocks it back into maintenance. — tap to centre the map on it A group of fewer than four people isnot a team: it behaves like a set ofindividuals, and a single departureknocks it back into maintenance. Last stated 8 years ago 14 Jul 2018 WL Will Larson — holds since 2018-07-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: "Diversity" in practice means aiming for fewer white men in positions of authority. — tap to centre the map on it "Diversity" in practice means aimingfor fewer white men in positions ofauthority. Last stated 7 years ago 19 Nov 2019 JP Jordan Peterson — holds since 2019-11-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A candidate needs prestige or wealth, while talent and even genius matter little to success — tap to centre the map on it A candidate needs prestige orwealth, while talent and even geniusmatter little to success GB Gustave Le Bon — holds since c. 1895 — tap for who they are Same subject: A CEO cannot be a calibrated interviewer for every role, so insisting on interviewing every candidate makes hiring worse rather than better. — tap to centre the map on it A CEO cannot be a calibratedinterviewer for every role, soinsisting on interviewing everycandidate makes hiring worse ratherthan better. Last stated 2 years ago 17 Dec 2024 CM Charity Majors — holds since 2024-12-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: 'Do not do to others what you would not want done to you' cannot be a universal law of morality — tap to centre the map on it 'Do not do to others what you wouldnot want done to you' cannot be auniversal law of morality IK Immanuel Kant — holds since c. 1785 — tap for who they are Same subject: A Black writer is needed to portray Black life truly, and white people from a Black standpoint — tap to centre the map on it A Black writer is needed to portrayBlack life truly, and white peoplefrom a Black standpoint AC Anna Julia Cooper — holds since c. 1892 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country that turns its experiences of desertion into competition instead of common cause produces avengers rather than answers. — tap to centre the map on it A country that turns its experiencesof desertion into competitioninstead of common cause producesavengers rather than answers. Last stated a week ago 29 Oct 2026 AG Anand Giridharadas — holds since 2026-10-29 — tap for who they are
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At the centre A manager's own individual technical output drops by roughly 10-20% per engineer they manage. Last stated 1 Apr 2025 · 2 years ago Holds Ben Kuhn Read this korrent →