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You don't want to be a manager.

2026-03-16 Science & Technology
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A weird thing happens in software engineering when you get really good. You stop writing code... Thank you Augument for sponsoring! Check them out at: https://soydev.link/intent SOURCE https://newsletter.manager.dev/p/dont-become-an-engineering-manager Want to sponsor a video? Learn more here: https://soydev.link/sponsor-me Check out my Twitch, Twitter, Discord more at https://t3.gg S/O @Ph4seon3 for the awesome edit 🙏

Top Comments (10)

@MachielGroeneveld 2026-03-16

Becoming a manager is not a promotion, it’s a career change.

304 9 replies
@orzyyyy 2026-03-16

Get so good at coding that Theo hires you, simple. But you must use Obsidian as IDE.

271 2 replies
@tdbloxx 2026-03-16

Manage with Obsidian

185 5 replies
@MarcLucksch 2026-03-16

Running multiple agents already makes you a manager.. just that your subordinates are incapable of learning..

123 7 replies
@ArvindKumar-gu2om 2026-03-17

Theo we need a video on how you improved your communication skills

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@Ratler 2026-03-16

I'm a hands-on EM, which has always been one requirement I have for companies that I join. If they want me to do 100% management, I'm not the right person for the job. I don't believe you can be a good manager, unless you are able to experience the challenges your team experience hands-on. Not to mention, if you want to stay relevant in IT today, you need to be hands-on, even more important with AI, embrace it, abuse it, learn it!

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@Celastrous 2026-03-16

My favorite manager as an electronics engineer was a legend, earlier in his career he had single handedly written our entire embedded application stack all in Obsidian

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@DataTranslator 2026-03-16

I went to school be a scientist who happens to code; these are the best of times ; domain expertise is more important than ever

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@ArcticFoxCodes 2026-03-17

"Communication benefits you in ways you can't even imagine yet" - this one is on point AF

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@petergg9096 2026-03-16

This is one of your best videos bro. The part about communicating with people in a clear way, managing expectations and also with that skils directing AI agents really nails how I feel, and what I am also trying to learn. I am 19 years old, and I am really trying to think about how people perceive the things I am saying, and how i can be clearer with what I want, and how I say something. In short: it's just really nice to hear someone talking about the think you are trying to learn, not in tech, but in communication.

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