Engineer to manager and back again (Changelog Interviews #386)

Published: March 18, 2020, 8:30 p.m.

b'Lauren Tan joined us to talk about her blog post titled \\u201cDoes it spark joy?\\u201d In this post Lauren shared the news of her resignation as an engineering manager at Netflix to return to being a software engineer. We examine the career trajectory of a software engineer and the seemingly inevitable draw to management for continued career growth. The idea of understanding \\u201cWhat are you optimizing for?\\u201d and whether or not what you\\u2019re doing truly brings you joy.'