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It Depends: 7 viral Engineering Management dilemmas
That got >2M views and heated debates on LinkedIn
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Anton Zaides
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6 assumptions engineering managers make (and engineers hate)
Stop assuming what your engineers prefer. Seriously, just ask.
 • 
Anton Zaides
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The 7 must-read Engineering Management books
Written by Engineering Managers, for Engineering Managers. All you need to know about your job.
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The 13 software engineering laws
Hyrum's law, Conway’s law, Zawinski's law, and 10 others.
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Anton Zaides
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March 2025

How vibe coding will affect Engineering Managers
On constraints, product decisions, increased scope, focus time, outages, bugs and crises
 • 
Anton Zaides
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Being an Engineering Manager at Flo
Behind the scenes of the women's health B2C unicorn
 • 
Anton Zaides
, 
Nihan Bircan
, and 
Eugene Sergueev
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Why I decided to quit a Director's job
What I tell my father-in-law who thinks I'm crazy
 • 
Anton Zaides
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20 Business terms every Engineering Manager should know
Mastering business language in 7 minutes
 • 
Anton Zaides
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February 2025

How to WOW your engineers without budget
The best tricks of an EM at Flipkart for making your team feel seen (not dinners, parties, pizzas and cakes)
 • 
LaN
 and 
Anton Zaides
9
Managing people you don't like
The problems with "culture fit" and the "beer test"
 • 
Rafa Páez
 and 
Anton Zaides
14
The 5 intensity zones of software teams
The dangers of always staying in the same one
 • 
Anton Zaides
10
7 proven mental models for engineering managers
Use mental models to make sure that your decisions don't hurt you and your teams.
 • 
Michał Poczwardowski
 and 
Anton Zaides
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