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\\u201cAn engineering manager should make sure that the team has a good balance of delivering things that the business needs with enough capacity to do it sustainably over time."

Today\'s clip is from episode 94 with Patrick Kua. In this clip, we discussed Pat\\u2019s latest course, Engineering Manager Essentials.  We discussed what an engineering manager role is, how it differs from a Tech Lead role, and the common manager versus IC career track. Pat also shared his view on why being an engineering manager is not a promotion.

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• Engineering Manager Essentials - [00:00:50]
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• The Role of Engineering Manager - [00:02:46]
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• Difference With Tech Lead - [00:05:43]
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• Manager and IC Paths - [00:07:53]
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• EM Is Not a Promotion - [00:12:27]
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Patrick Kua\\u2019s Bio
\\nPatrick Kua is a seasoned technology leader with almost 20 years of experience. His personal passion is accelerating the growth and success of tech organisations and technical leaders. He has had many years of hands-on experience, leading, managing and improving complex organisations and software systems as the CTO and Chief Scientist of N26 (Berlin, Germany) and as a Technical Principal Consultant at ThoughtWorks. He is a frequent keynote and conference speaker, author of three books including \\u201cThe Retrospective Handbook\\u201c, \\u201cTalking with Tech Leads\\u201c and \\u201cBuilding Evolutionary Architectures\\u201c and runs the free popular newsletter for leaders in tech, \\u201cLevel Up\\u201d and the \\u201cTech Lead Academy\\u201c, offering online training for technical leaders, or running his very popular \\u201cShortcut to Tech Leadership\\u201c workshop.

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• Website \\u2013 https://patkua.com/
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• Twitter \\u2013 @patkua
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• LinkedIn \\u2013 https://www.linkedin.com/in/patkua/
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• EM Essentials Course \\u2013 https://www.patkua.com/em-essentials/
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• Tech Lead Academy \\u2013 https://techlead.academy/
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• Level Up Newsletter \\u2013 https://levelup.patkua.com/
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