Sponsored by AMAZON WEB SERVICES (AWS).
Learn real-world software engineering management skills to succeed and impress in your first (or next) management role at elite engineering organizations. NANCY WANG, Director of Engineering and General Manager of AWS Data Protection Services and Founder, Advancing Women in Tech (AWIT), shares with you the engineering skills cultivated at AMAZON (the #2-ranked company in the Fortune 500), with supplemental practices from GOOGLE and MICROSOFT. Develop the skills and mental models that the world's best engineering managers apply to attract and retain world-class engineering talent.
Upon course completion, you will understand what world-class software engineering organizations expect of their managers, including:
* How to BECOME A MANAGER
* Whether MANAGERS or INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTORS make more money
* What is the difference between MANAGER EFFECTIVENESS and MANAGER QUALITY
* How to HIRE YOUR TEAM
* How to guide a team with TEAM GOALS
Interviewing Skills, Team Management, People Management, Business Strategy, Program Management, Leadership and Management, Engineering Management, Talent Management, Talent Acquisition, Management Training And Development, Recruitment, Team Leadership, Leadership, Employee Retention, Goal Setting, Software Engineering
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ZF
Mar 23, 2025
Clear overview of agile engineering team roles and suggestion on how to manage those teams using OKR and team goals.
GC
Oct 30, 2024
I like how straightforward it is and how the message is delivered. It left me wanting to learn even more!
From the lesson
Hiring your team
Hiring is the most important skill for software engineering managers to perfect. Despite that, what percentage of managers are unable to meet their hiring targets? And what can you do to meet and exceed your hiring targets? Find out in this lesson!