How bees can help you multitask and deal with changes. The importance of performance review frameworks, war rooms, and making space for people to grow. — Tiago Oliveira is an Engineering Manager in Outsystems, recently promoted from a Team Lead role. This means Tiago is managing other managers and an area of the Outsystems platform. Tiago talks about people management, how to advance in your career, and how all managers…

Control your calendar, stop coding, talk less, listen more, let writing be your superpower, and remember that human connection matters a lot! — João Alves, an Engineering Manager at Adevinta is my 5th guest on the Agile State of Mind Leadership Podcast. We worked together (where else if not at free-now) and I remember him as a passionate engineer and leader. Today he leads a platform team that builds software used internally at…

Jana Reichel transitioned from a Scrum Master role in a team in free-now to a Team Lead at AroundHome. She has a wide perspective on what it means to be a leader in both roles. We talk about the difference between a Scrum Master who is a servant leader who…

If you are interested to know what Enginnering Manager role looks like on a daily basis this podcast is for you! Miguel talks very sincerely about the role and all its challenges. Learn about the importance of staying curious, fostering the team spirit, and why the role is like being in a sandwich. — On the third episode of the Engineering Manager Interview Series, I talk to Miguel Angel Gomez who is an Engineering Manager at Bumble. Bumble is not just a dating app, it is a social network where you can not only find a date but also a BFF (Best Friend Forever)…

On the Agile State of Mind podcast, Jan and I talk about the transition from a Developer to a Lead, the perfectionism, and how not to overwhelm people with knowledge — Not everyone is a born extrovert yet it doesn't seem to matter when looking for a great leader. When talking to Jan Chęć, a Backend Lead at Smartpatient and my brother, I realized that the set of features we understand as typical for extroverted people may vary depending on who…

#1 episode of Deconstructing Engineering Managers is about breaking the rules, soft skills, collaboration on tech specs, and fresh air on what it means to be a real full-stack developer — Luis Eduardo Castro, a Full-Stack Developer and a Tech Lead at Cameo, has a bold view on the team attitude, comparing them to Maverick, the main character of Top Gun “We wanted to follow some rules but we wanted to break some of the other rules. That’s the whole character…

Engineering Manager interviews come up every Tuesday! Learn some practical tips on how to become an Agile Leader in Technology! — Recently I started to ponder about the Engineering Manager role. Who exactly is an Engineering Manager and what do they do? What’s the difference between an Engineering Manager, an Engineering Lead, Team Lead, Tech Lead, Functional Lead, etc? Is there any difference other than the company they work for? Because…

A quick tutorial on remote retrospective preparation — The objective of a retrospective is continuous improvement. The objective is not to create the most creative retros of the company. How not to overdo it yet provide a lot of value for the team and help them improve what is not working for them.

Get to the next level of retrospecting — Tired of spending a lot of time preparing your retrospectives? Finding it hard to put some structure to the meeting and group the topics for a productive discussion? I’ve got a solution for you — Parabol tool for seamless agile meetings. You will feel like the tool is facilitating the…