The Manager Path by Camille Fournier
Camille Fournier maps the career path from engineer to CTO, covering 1:1s, mentoring, team management, and the evolving responsibilities at each level of technical leadership.
Key lessons
- One-on-one meetings with your manager are an essential feature of a good working relationship.
- A manager’s job involves making it easy for her employees to get things done by creating fertile environments in which work can happen.
- Mentoring new hires is critical.
- Feedback works best when you, as a manager, pair that feedback with coaching.
- It’s unrealistic to think you can or should shield your team from everything.