Meetup #1: Wrike, JetBrains, Qase, Shopify, etc.

Most of us have little unpleasant habits that we'd like to get rid of. As engineering managers, we are no different from ordinary people. But what if we are unaware of these bad habits, and what's more, they are so deeply ingrained in us that they can be called "anti-habits.

Let's talk about the five most destructive patterns that you, as an engineering manager, may unknowingly follow, and how to get rid of them!

Our experts:

– Hadi Hariri, VP of Developer Advocacy at JetBrains
– Denis Repp, Engineering manager at Wrike
– Vitaly Sharovatov, DevRel and consultant at Qase
– Sadhana Gopal, Software Development Manager at Shopify

Host: Eugeny Kot, Director of Development at Wrike (Citrix)

Topic: Management anti-patterns

“I have to solve every problem”, if a team makes a bug once a year, the manager will introduce additional checks, just "because that's not allowed". For example, a double code review.

One-time Problem vs pattern
How to cope with the imperfection of every process and team out there
How to build a process that solves a problem and not ruin everything other.

“Metrics! I would cover everything with metrics!”. Not everything can be measured and some things should exist in pristine chaos
DevRel? Gut-feeling vs Marketing

People: low performers and personal performance
“I know how it works”, or a situation, wherein at the beginning of the managerial career we are full of energy, we’re changing everything around us, but after a few years in the company, we settle down and don’t want changes. Like buying a used car: the first month we are determined to fix any scuff or minor scratch, but after half a year we're not worried about the bumper falling off. The car is still running, isn't it?