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How engineering managers actually get rated

The attribution problem for managers.
September 22, 2026

Estimated reading time: 3 minutes

Key takeaways:

  • Your team’s achievements don’t automatically show your contribution. Be specific about the decisions you made that made those achievements happen.
  • Engineering manager ratings are less consistent than individual contributor ratings. Different evaluators can reach different conclusions about the same manager.
  • Impact beyond your team makes your contribution easier to see as it gives other leaders direct evidence of your work.

You have just spent two weeks on calibration. You wrote a packet for each of your engineers, gathered the evidence, and sat with your peer engineering managers discussing their performance.

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