First-time engineering manager. Learning as I lead.
Activity — last 12 months
20 proofs in the last 12 months
Completed outcomes
Recent proofs
Grew team NPS from 6 to 9.2 over 2 quarters
Grew team NPS from 6 to 9.2 over 2 quarters
Shipped team handbook that reduced onboarding time from 2 weeks to 4 days
Conducted skip-level 1:1s with all 8 engineers — 4 recurring themes surfaced
Delivered difficult performance review with clear improvement plan and timeline
Hired first engineer — structured process from JD to offer in 3 weeks
Negotiated 40% budget increase for team tooling by connecting spend to velocity metric
Negotiated 40% budget increase for team tooling by connecting spend to velocity metric
Conducted skip-level 1:1s with all 8 engineers — 4 recurring themes surfaced
Conducted skip-level 1:1s with all 8 engineers — 4 recurring themes surfaced
Delivered difficult performance review with clear improvement plan and timeline
Led incident retrospective after production outage — RCA completed, no blame
Delivered difficult performance review with clear improvement plan and timeline
Coached engineer X from junior to first solo feature ship in 6 weeks
Hired first engineer — structured process from JD to offer in 3 weeks
Ran first team retrospective as new manager — 5 concrete action items, all owned
Led cross-functional product review with design, eng, and PM — aligned in one session
Reduced sprint planning from 3 hours to 45 minutes by pre-grooming tickets
Ran first team retrospective as new manager — 5 concrete action items, all owned
Led cross-functional product review with design, eng, and PM — aligned in one session
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