Hi, this is Peter with the first edition of the Professional Manager newsletter. I publish this newsletter to illustrate what seasoned, professional engineering management could look like. Do we need managers? It is a fair question. I’ve wondered about the value a management chain adds to the success of an engineering organization. Ultimately, a manager’s job is to steer the invisible (i.e. predict and navigate possible challenges proactively, so they don’t become actual problems), and to make the team feel like the success was their own, something they realized for themselves.
Looking forward to more!