A podcast for engineering managers
Jake & Trey
Two EMs trading notes on the parts of the job that don't fit in 1:1 notes — managing up, delegation, trust, and what AI is doing to how we build software.
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Trust in Team Venting
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Anonymity vs Specificity in Leadership
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Understanding Root Causes in Team Dynamics
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Fostering Team Communication
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Delegate Goals, Not Tasks
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Managing Up: Your Core Responsibility
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AI Agents: The New Builders
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Locker Room Talk: Peer Conversations
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Who's talking
Jake
Engineering manager. Brings the questions about managing up, when a private manager-direct channel beats the open one, and the architecture conversations engineers actually want to be in.
Trey
Engineering manager. Brings the questions about team trust, what AI agents are doing to how we build software, and finding the root cause when team dynamics start to drift.
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