Engineer or engineering leader? What’s the difference and where do you fit?

Software engineer or engineering leader? What’s the difference and where do you fit?Corey Nichols began his career in the tech industry as a software engineer.He anticipated working on “hands-on technical aspects of software engineering,” but instead, coordinated different teams and encouraged his developers to continue learning and improve the “quality of code” they wrote.Nichols transitioned from being a software engineer to a Director of Engineering at SonoSim, helping grow the company from 20 to 50 employees. Ledge sat down with Corey to find out what’s involved in a leadership of engineering role that differentiates it from the software engineering seat. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.