Engineering Manager Resources
A curated collection of articles, books, podcasts, and videos for engineering managers and aspiring leaders.
What is Engineering Manager Resources?
Engineer Manager is a curated repository of resources for engineering managers and aspiring leaders. It provides a comprehensive collection of articles, books, podcasts, and videos covering essential leadership topics like communication, team building, and conflict resolution. The project aims to help tech professionals develop the soft skills needed for effective management and career advancement.
Engineering managers, tech leads, aspiring leaders, and individual contributors in the tech industry who want to improve their leadership and interpersonal skills. It's particularly valuable for those transitioning into management roles or seeking to grow within engineering leadership.
It saves time by aggregating high-quality, vetted resources in one place, eliminating the need to search across multiple platforms. The curated approach ensures relevance and quality, focusing specifically on engineering management challenges rather than generic leadership advice.
Overview
A list of engineering manager resource links.
Use Cases
Best For
- New engineering managers looking for foundational leadership resources
- Tech leads preparing to transition into management roles
- Experienced managers seeking to improve specific skills like feedback or conflict resolution
- Individual contributors wanting to develop leadership capabilities
- Engineering leaders building team training or development programs
- Professionals preparing for engineering management interviews
Not Ideal For
- Professionals seeking accredited management certification or formal degree programs
- Teams requiring interactive, facilitated workshops or live training sessions
- Individuals focused exclusively on technical skill development (e.g., coding interviews, system design)
- Organizations needing proprietary, customized management frameworks or internal documentation
Pros & Cons
Pros
Aggregates over 100 high-quality books, articles, podcasts, and videos from trusted sources like HBR and industry experts, saving significant research time for users.
Resources emphasize actionable advice for tech-specific challenges, such as managing technical debt, conducting remote interviews, and applying agile practices in engineering teams.
Maintained as a living repository with recent additions (e.g., 2022 articles on hybrid work), ensuring content stays relevant in a fast-evolving field.
Curated by Ryan Burgess, an experienced engineering manager, and includes endorsed resources from the tech community, adding real-world validity.
Cons
The repository is a static list without structured courses or progression, leaving users to self-navigate, which can overwhelm beginners seeking step-by-step guidance.
Primarily links to external content without summaries or critical analysis, requiring users to invest time in consuming full resources elsewhere for insights.
Selection may reflect the curator's biases, possibly overlooking niche topics or emerging trends in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) or non-Western management perspectives.
Frequently Asked Questions
Related Projects
Surprising Things About Working at Well-Known Tech UnicornsEchoes my own experience on differences between expectations and reality in high growth and visible companies from the point of view of an engineering manager
Great PMs don't spend their time on solutionsNot on solutions, no. But on customer's problems
A vitally important part of the job: being a crap shield“A lot of the work of an EM is wading into the slurry pit with a shovel so your team are free to get the job done”
What are the signs that you have a great manager?“The irony is that you don't really notice a great manager.”
Found a gem we're missing?
Open-Awesome is built by the community, for the community. Submit a project, suggest an awesome list, or help improve the catalog on GitHub.