January 7, 2025
Technical Leadership: Bridging the IC-Manager Gap
In this episode of Compressed FM, Dustin Goodman shares insights from his journey from IC to engineering manager at companies like ClickUp and This Dot. The conversation explores the nuances of technical leadership, team dynamics, and the importance of understanding personal values in management. The discussion then shifts to a deep dive into React Server Components, examining their implementation challenges and potential impact on the framework ecosystem.
COMPRESSED.fm Episode 193
Technical Leadership: Bridging the IC-Manager Gap
Dustin Goodman
Engineering Manager
Dustin Goodman is an engineering leader, writer, speaker, husband, and dog dad with over a decade of experience.
He is an Engineering Manager with a focus on building and growing teams that deliver quality user experiences while fostering a culture of growth, empathy, and mentorship. Dustin can be found around the web sharing his expertise in software engineering and helping to bolster the community as best he can. He's spoken at conferences, meetups, and podcasts on engineering leadership, React, GraphQL, Angular and Serverless topics. He runs a weekly stream on Thursday nights with a focus on learning and mentorship.
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- "The Manager's Path" by Camille Fournier
- "Engineering Management for the Rest of Us" by Sarah Drasner
- Browse AI
- Cursor
- Raycast
- Raycast Stripe Extension
- Vite 6
- Next.js
- BlueSky - Brad
- BlueSky - Amy
- Bytes Newsletter
- ConnectTech conference
- Ryan Burgess
- Gergely Orosz
- Tracy Lee
- Dan Abramov
- Tanner Lindsley
- John Lindquist
- David Khourshid
- Clifton StrengthsFinder
- Stripe test cards documentation
- React Server Components documentation
- Vite documentation
- Advent of CSS
- Advent of JavaScript
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