Full video version with annotated chapters on Map for Engineers Youtube channel
I had a pleasure to chat with my friend Joel Mislav Kunst, who is Engineering Manager at Microsoft. We talked about growth in engineering. Some of the topics that we touched upon, with timeline timestamps are:
00:00:00 - Glimpse of episode
00:01:16 - Quick episode overview
00:05:18 - Joel's journey in software engineering
00:14:55 - Focus on engineering fundamentals
00:23:34 - Learning from all hard experiences: solving root causes
00:31:05 - Relationship between engineer and their manager
00:53:03 - Manager is not your punching bag for complaining: propose initiatives instead, be active
01:10:55 - Engineer vs manager: fork in career
01:29:17 - Generative AI in context of engineering career/growth
01:36:01 - Teaching is essential for growth. Seniors teaching juniors. Knowledge sharing
01:43:14 - Wrap up
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