Episode 25: Understanding the Business and Managing Without Being a Developer

In episode 25, Jamison and Dave answer these question:

How do I understand the business side better?

Analysis of tabs vs spaces • How does your business make money?

• Just ask your CEO/manager

• Kill the myth of the pointy-haired boss

• Smaller companies expose you to this more

• Just ask questions:

• What was our revenue last month?

• How much did we spend last month?

• Who are our biggest customers?

• How does the sales process work?

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• The Dave Smith Method® for learning business jargon.

• Be kind and have empathy when you learn.

Can I be a good technical manager without a technical background?

• Technical leadership vs management.

• Management means empathy and understanding. Can you get that without “coming up through the ranks”?

• What are the skills of a good manager?

• Does being a developer give you those skills?

• Dave is a Night Elf Code Mage.

• How do you handle technical concerns as a non-technical person?

• Don’t fake technical knowledge.

• Leading a team when you don’t directly see the effect of your actions.

Managing Nerds • by Rands.

• Jamison’s former boss’s technical expertise

Release date

Lydbog: 5. september 2016