Managing engineering teams is hard. To excel at it, you need to combine technical skills, people skills, and organizational skills. Typically, new engineering managers are successful engineers who are given an opportunity to step up - but not given all the guidance they need.

New Engineering Manager provides real world advice and expectations about how to make this transition effectively - bearing in mind that it’s a whole new problem space for the reader.

Dan Grayson has worked in technology as a software engineer for over 20 years at companies ranging from startups to large corporations. In 2021, he ventured into managing software development teams, and is passionate about sharing everything that he’s learned.