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183: Managing Software Teams - Ryan Cheley
Episode 183

183: Managing Software Teams - Ryan Cheley

Test & Code

March 17, 202247m 38s

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Show Notes

Ryan Cheley joins me today to talk about some challenges of managing software teams, and how to handle them.
 We end up talking about a lot of skills that are excellent for software engineers as well as managers.

Some topics discussed:

  • handling code reviews
  • asking good questions
  • being honest about what you can't do with current resources and data
  • discussing tradeoffs and offering solutions that can be completed faster than the ideal solution
  • balancing engineering and managing
  • making sure documentation happens
  • remote teams 
    • encouraging collaboration
    • encouraging non-work-related conversations
    • watching out for overworking





Topics

managing software teams