An Engineering Manager's Manifesto

Ben Scott

Entrepreneur, Software Developer, People Manager. Experienced in just about every role in the Software Development Lifecycle. Giant nerd, loving father, and advocate for people-first leadership.

📍 Vancouver, BC, Canada

Seven ways that management sabotages the success of their products and teams

A company is nothing without its people. In fact, a company is its people. What is a company if not a team (or several teams) of people all working together towards a common goal? And yet it seems remarkably common for management to fail to understand this.

Seven lessons learned from boarding a sinking ship

All of our customers were angry with us. Human Resources was completely failing at their core job function. It was the most dysfunctional work environment I had ever been a part of. This is what I learned from inadvertently joining a toxic company while it was spiralling the drain.

The career path of a Software Engineer

Regardless of your software engineering discipline, they all follow similar career trajectories. This article aims to demystify the path of the Software Engineer so that you can make a more informed decision about where you want to take your career.