186: Becoming a Manager

186: Becoming a Manager Intro topic: plastic welding kits News/Links: Parse.bot, turn any website into an API https://www.parse.bot/ Gemini 3 https://blog.google/products/gemini/gemini-3/ Depth Anything 3 https://github.com/ByteDance-Seed/Depth-Anything-3 Wan 2.2 (run on runpod) https://www.runpod.io/ Book of the Show Patrick The Thinking Game (DeepMind documentary) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d95J8yzvjbQ Jason Plato: The Republic https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1497 Patreon Plug https://www.patreon.com/programmingthrowdown?ty=h Tool of the Show Patrick Core Keeper Pc/Switch/Xbox/Playstation Jason Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic PC Topic: Becoming a Manager What is a Manager Opportunity Results + Retention Sizing Hiring Philosophy Interviews Downsizing How to Manage Company Goals / OKRs Breaking down & claiming company goals. Balancing inspirational & practical goals Coaching One-on-ones Career planning Performance Motivation Performance Management Review Compensation Choosing to become a manager Balancing personal and company incentives Why Manage Mentorship Build relationships Why to not manage Less time for your original joy (coding) Less technical influence More uncertainty and less closure How to transition back to Engineer Take the time/energy to get ramped up Act as an advisor to your manager ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★