2026-04-01·5 min read
I Thought I Knew What the Job Was
One year ago today, I became an engineering manager. I also started writing about it. And one year in, I have a lot more to say.
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One year ago today, I became an engineering manager. I also started writing about it. And one year in, I have a lot more to say.
A week from now I'll hit one year as an engineering manager. If you'd told me six months ago that the second half would involve writing more code than the first, I would have assumed something had gone wrong. It didn't. AI happened.