How I Became an Engineering Manager (from a Software Engineer at Uber, Microsoft, Skype)

 March 28, 2021

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My story of going from a software engineer to a lead, and then engineering manager at Uber. Through JP Morgan, Skype / Microsoft, Skyscanner, ending up at Uber. Part 1 of the Developing Engineers into Leaders, as recorded at CTO Craft Conference. - Part 2: A team of leaders https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTfcn...​ - Part 3: Growing as an engineering manager & other questions answered: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPp0_...​ CTO Craft Community: https://ctocraft.com/​ My book on mobile apps at scale: http://mobileatscale.com/​ (free for a few months) 01:05​ - Intro 01:46​ - My journey into leadership 03:20​ - Skype, Microsoft and going all-in on Scrum 06:30​ - Skyscanner and the accidental engineering lead 07:30​ - Uber and a formal path to management Connect with me on other platforms: - Twitter: https://twitter.com/GergelyOrosz​ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gergelyor...​ - Newsletter on software engineering: https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/ne...​ Books I've written (and am writing): - Software engineering resumes: https://thetechresume.com/​ - Building Mobile Apps at Scale: http://mobileatscale.com/​ - The Software Engineer's Guidebook: https://www.engguidebook.com/​ - All books: https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/bo...