New York

October 15–17, 2025

Berlin

November 3–4, 2025

London

June 2–3, 2026

How to lead senior engineers as a new manager

If you’ve just entered a management role, cultivating your relationship with the senior engineers on your team may be a daunting prospect. Here are a few ways to get that relationship off to a good start.
December 14, 2023

If you’ve just entered a management role, cultivating your relationship with the senior engineers on your team may be a daunting prospect. Here are a few ways to get that relationship off to a good start.

When I became a manager, I experienced fear and self-doubt, making me question my ability to lead an engineering team.

But after a year of managing a team, I learned that you don’t have to be an expert to lead. Instead, having experience in your team’s space and a genuine interest in helping others will help you lead and care about your reports.

Join LeadDev.com for free to access this content

Create an account to access our free engineering leadership content, free online events and to receive our weekly email newsletter. We will also keep you up to date with LeadDev events.

Register with google

We have linked your account and just need a few more details to complete your registration:

Terms and conditions

 

 

Enter your email address to reset your password.

 

A link has been emailed to you - check your inbox.



Don't have an account? Click here to register