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Supper Club × Sarah Drasner on Engineering Management

EPISODE · Jan 6, 2023 · 55 MIN

Supper Club × Sarah Drasner on Engineering Management

from Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats · host Wes Bos & Scott Tolinski - Full Stack JavaScript Web Developers

In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Sarah Drasner about her new book, Engineering Management for the Rest of Us, what it’s like moving from management to coding and back, the book writing process, and her Fortnite VS Code theme. Show Notes 00:36 Welcome 01:59 Who is Sarah Drasner? @Sarah_Edo on Twitter @Sarah_Edo on Mastodon @Sdras on CodePen @SDras on GitHub SarahDrasnerDesign.com Google Engineering Management for the Rest of Us Amazon: Engineering Management for the Rest of Us Netlify 05:25 How did you figure out what to do in management? 07:20 How do you get out of engineer’s way? The Engineer Manager pendulum 09:39 Do you spend time on making the person happy in the job? 15:51 Should managers code? 19:16 Was it difficult to step out of coding? 21:07 Why do people leave jobs? 24:04 Dealing with conflict and reorgs 28:36 What makes a good retro? 31:25 What was your process for writing a book? SVG Animations: From Common UX Implementations to Complex Responsive Animation Scrivener Egghead Mayfly Design Sarah Drasner’s articles on CSS Tricks Sarah Drasner’s articles on Smashing Magazine 43:44 Supper Club questions Sarah Drasner’s VS Code snippets and themes Creating a VS Code theme Wes Bos Cobalt 2 VS Code theme Partytown beta 53:10 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Paper Koi Lantern: a DIY Kit Shameless Plugs Engineering Management for the Rest of Us Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

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