Managing Out: Strategies for Leveling Up
summary
Team size more than doubles and mid-level engineers end up as de facto leaders; concrete claim: follow three focused practices — set good examples, use Jira ticket descriptions and docs to surface context, manage a pairing-by-default rotation — with tools like pair programming, PR reviews, spreadsheets and Jira. Built onboarding docs, ran pair-rotation spreadsheet, wrote ticket implementation notes, and the project ships to production nationwide, preparing someone to take over as project lead.
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chapters (5)
- 0:00Start
- 0:49Managing Out Strategies for Leveling Up
- 3:27Set Good Examples for the Team
- 9:18Participating in Code Reviews
- 18:59Managing Pair Rotations
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