👋 Hey, it’s Stephane. Welcome to my weekly newsletter where I share lessons, and stories from my journey to help you lead with confidence as an Engineering Manager.
Getting hired as an Engineering Manager is unbelievably tough right now.
Companies want you to do everything:
Line manage, tech lead, manage projects and timelines, communicate with everyone, make sure the team is performing, hire, fire, keep good people, think about the future, be able to code, review architectural decisions, keep an eye on pull requests…
I can go on for days.
Getting an EM job today has never been harder.
I’ve done it twice in the last year though! Here’s how.
This isn’t a flex.
It’s to say that I’ve been there recently. Throughout the years, I have applied to many jobs, got ghosted, refined my CV and optimized my approach. Eventually, I think I figured it out.
I did all the research one can on this process, consumed every content on the internet on it to learn about it, made all the adjustments I needed, and no…