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SRE@PagerDuty. Geek, Buddhist, husband, introvert, devop, social justice worrier, musician, vegetarian, urbanist. He/him. May all beings be free from suffering.

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    1. Charity Majors‏ @mipsytipsy 19 Mar 2019
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      Almost two years ago I wrote "The Engineer/Manager Pendulum", where I argued that moving back and forth is not only a legitimate career choice, it's the how the best technical leaders are forged (and stay sharp).https://charity.wtf/2017/05/11/the-engineer-manager-pendulum/ …

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    2. Charity Majors‏ @mipsytipsy 19 Mar 2019
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      (I also wrote a followup, on the choice managers face between climbing the ladder and staying connected to the technical side: https://www.charity.wtf/2019/01/04/engineering-management-the-pendulum-or-the-ladder/ …)

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    3. Charity Majors‏ @mipsytipsy 19 Mar 2019
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      It seemed to hit a nerve. I've never had such a sustained outpouring of responses to anything else I've written. Two years later, and still not a week goes by without someone bringing up the pendulum piece. Today it was @_pkill asking about any further resources or writings.

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    4. Charity Majors‏ @mipsytipsy 19 Mar 2019
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      I answered as I always do, that I'm not aware of any other material on the topic. But this time it jarred something loose in me, and I'm starting to think about what that other material might look like -- about what is needed. 🤔

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    5. Charity Majors‏ @mipsytipsy 19 Mar 2019
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      First of all, I think we need peers talking to peers about their experiences -- particularly hearing from those already practicing the pendulum career archetype. (They exist! They are pretty much categorically the most awe-inspiring technical leaders I have ever known. 💜💙💚)

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    6. Charity Majors‏ @mipsytipsy 19 Mar 2019
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      They are also largely curmudgeonly misfits, since this is a pattern that has flown in the face of all Serious Career Advice for a generation, lol. We also need to be transcribing and sharing these conversations in some form, to see what patterns and best practices emerge.

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    7. Charity Majors‏ @mipsytipsy 19 Mar 2019
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      So I have a few ideas. We could: * have a birds-of-a-feather type meetup at Velocity SJ, over dinner or drinks or something * kick off a limited run discussion group in the sf area, along the model of the peer tech leadership groups I wrote up (https://www.charity.wtf/2018/08/24/how-to-run-a-tech-leadership-skill-share/ …

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    8. Charity Majors‏ @mipsytipsy 19 Mar 2019
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      * do a hosted/moderated series that's purely virtual; podcast, or interviews and q&a, or similar * designate a slack room in an existing slack, or yet another slack for this purpose, either public or invite-only. What I would hope to see come out of any of these:

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    9. Charity Majors‏ @mipsytipsy 19 Mar 2019
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      - testimonials from engineers who have lived this transition, good/bad/ugly/wish- they'd-known - testimonials from managers about how they got institutional support for it - how to deal with really hard problems that arise from a more- fluid line between eng and mgr roles

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    10. Charity Majors‏ @mipsytipsy 19 Mar 2019
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      And just an ongoing community of radicals who want to subvert the hierarchy in lasting healthy ways. ☺️ So here's my question. Assuming I have the time and energy to pull off ONE of those, which would you all get the most value from?

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      rich lafferty, contributing factor‏ @mendel 20 Mar 2019
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      Slack for sure. This feels aligned with @rands ' leadership slack if you wanted to go the channel approach

      6:31 AM - 20 Mar 2019 from South Parkdale, Toronto
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        1. Charity Majors‏ @mipsytipsy 21 Mar 2019
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          Good idea. I'll hit him up

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