CASA

Review and merge PRs, including a bootcamper’s first OSS PR (not bad!). Gemfile cleanup, help w merge conflicts. Upgrade yarn deps and test it didn’t break things.

Merit mentoring call

A second 45 min call with a different person, getting more advice about eng, management, and eng management. I have been very impressed with merit so far! It was easy to schedule a session with a mentor and the two people I spoke to were both very cool experienced people and I got a lot out of talking to them. I’m not sure where they get their money tho…

The person I spoke to actually used to be on a team that my future boss managed, AND worked with someone who I worked with a few jobs ago! What a wild and excellent coincidence. Tech feels very small sometimes.

We talked about different styles of eng management like “architect / eng safety net”, “developer/encourager of people”,

DNS

Skim DNS and BIND and tweet some

Eng management

Skim 97 Things Every Engineering Manager Should Know and The Manager’s Path and Talking with Tech Leads, tweet a few highlights

Start an eng manager readme draft

New work laptop

Install various things- brew, git, bash profile, spectacle etc.