From Managing Scala to Managing People
summary
Seven years of Scala development lead to a nine‑month Engineering Manager transition at Expedia where coding stays part‑time and concrete changes matter: replaced Akka Streams with FS2 in one microservice and then migrated other apps, added a 30‑minute Scala interview skeleton to hiring, and enforces paid learning time during work hours. Management focuses on spotting knowledge gaps, running one‑to‑ones, hiring, and calm incident leadership; career data: 10 managers encountered, ~70–80% technical, ~20% women.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:41About Maria
- 1:53Agenda
- 2:42Engineering Manager Responsibilities
- 13:28Managing Hiring
- 17:06Management
- 19:24Feedback
- 25:40Challenges
- 30:28Resources
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