240 RR What Makes a Good Manager with Marcus Blankenship

02:05 - Marcus Blankenship IntroductionTwitter • Blog02:52 - Pain and Difficulties of Moving From Programming to Management • Identity • Credibility 10:50 - Image and Identity (Cont’d) • Expectations • Role Models 19:16 - Management; Making the Move to ManagementAikido • “Everybody deserves a good manager.” 23:37 - How do you know if you have a bad manager?27:13 - Feedback; Tone of Communication33:54 - What should you do when you get promoted to a management position? • Nix Production Code Tasks • Meet with Your People (Give Feedback) • One-on-one Meetings with Team Members • Zero Surprises Evaluation Policy • Evaluation Forms • Goals and Incentives • Reviews for Self-Reflection • Get Your Own Feedback 48:25 - How do you know you are doing a good job?Skip-Level Reviews • Growth of your team and members • Signs of Loyalty 51:06 - What if you don’t want to move into a management role?Picks The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers by Ben Horowitz (Jessica) The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan (Jessica) Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Chuck) JS Remote Conf (Chuck) Ruby Remote Conf (Chuck) Freelance Remote Conf (Chuck) The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles by Steven Pressfield (Marcus) Predicting the Unpredictable: Pragmatic Approaches to Estimating Project Schedule or Cost by Johanna Rothman (Marcus)Special Guest: Marcus Blankenship.

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