You're not just a manager, you're also a boss

Many engineering organizations are ignorant (often willfully) of power dynamics and how they affect management.

I am the Senior Director of Engineering at Wistia, a medium-sized tech company providing a video marketing SaaS product. I am a career coach, facilitator, rubber duck, mentor, mediator, and often a friend to the folks who report to me. I’m also their boss. This is a position in which I hold power over others. In this article, I want to talk about what that means, and why it is important.

This is an odd time to be writing about power, with an armed insurrection fomented by a sitting president having just violated the U.S.

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