Mentoring as an engineering manager

From workplace dynamics to code reviews, misunderstandings can arise for a variety of reasons. People have different interpretations of things or of what is said, different assumptions of others' motives, and simply miss out on the information they need to understand something. This can lead to conflict building up over time. But what if there’s a way that people could come to a common understanding through common knowledge and similar wavelength? Jess Rose joins me in today’s episode to share her insights on creating better workplace experiences and how managers can balance contractual duties to the company and the individual ethical responsibilities to the people they manage. We also talk about learning: the process itself and how it’s different for everyone, and how Jess is fostering more equal access to technical education in digital spaces. Jess founded the Open Code meetup series, an international series of weekly mixed-level, language-agnostic study sessions for programmers and aspiring programmers. She also co-founded Trans*Code with the incomparable Naomi Ceder, resulting in a series of community-building hack days for the Trans* community, allies, and well-wishers that have stretched across 4 countries and 2 continents. A developer relations strategy specialist and leader with extensive work in open source spaces, Jess is an established keynote speaker with an education background as well. We’re bringing you another value-packed episode, so tune in till the end!