Spencer Carney - Engineering Manager at Superstruct.

Talking Points: Leadership opportunities within a team Addressing problems as a manager Team-building responsibilities as a manager Build your responsibility in a team as a junior dev Introducing new technologies to a team Definition of “Seniority” Managing a team with your previous experience Quotable Quotes: “A big motivator [ to become a manager ] for me was that I do not want to be as bad as some of the bosses I have unfortunately worked under.” - SC “One of the most important things to realize when leading a team is that you don’t have to be the person to solve the problem.” - DG “Not only is it ok that you can’t solve everything, but it’s also ok if you have others … who couldn’t solve it as well as you could.” - SC “There’s a big difference between getting the problem solved right now or investing in the team/company so that problems can be solved faster in the future.” - DG “You can also have someone else not only learn that skill but also take the win.” - SC “I want the team to be successful, I don’t want Spencer to be successful.” - SC “Being proactive and solving the problems nobody else wanted to solve helped me get noticed.” - SC “You can’t just stop doing the work, you have to advocate for it, you have to educate, you have to show people [ the pros and cons ].” - SC “You don’t want to put people in a place where they are now stuck with a decision that costs the company time.” - SC “There’s a balance of doing it right or do it right now.” - SC “As long as an engineer is aware of what is important and where the values are for any particular project, they’ll have a lot more success pitching [ a new technology ].” - DG “One of the qualities that really make a Senior Engineer is actually being able to model how other engineers are going to react to something.” - DG Notes: Spencer’s GitHub github.com/spencercarnage LinkedIn linkedin.com/spencercarney js.la Slack @spencercarnage Junior to Senior Community community.juniortosenior.io