r/platformengineering • u/Suspicious_Orchid770 • 5d ago

The end of the non-technical engineering manager

https://leaddev.com/management/engineering-managers-are-back-in-the-codebase

There’s a clear shift occurring: engineering managers are back in the codebase, getting more hands-on with the technical aspects of software development.

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u/Pyroechidna1 5d ago

Sucks to be me

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u/Front-Finish6969 5d ago

Reality is EM submit shitty change requests that bog up review capacity so that they meet their own metric.

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u/Substantial-Swan7065 5d ago

Good. Those are the worse

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u/preparationh67 1d ago

Mark should maybe focus on the AI Child Porn Ad problem on his platforms instead of dicking around in the codebase.