Camille is an accomplished CTO and executive with 20+ years of experience in tech, and author of the timeless The Manager’s Path, possibly the most influential book ever about engineering management.

With Camille we talked about good vs bad management, the controversial new founder mode, career advice for managers and her next book about platform engineering.

Here is what we talked about:

(02:01) Introduction

(03:51) About the founder mode

(11:46) Good weed, bad weeds

(17:49) Finding "the formula"

(21:24) Managing at different levels

(28:03) The identity war

(32:55) The staples of management

(39:53) Having a strong opinion

(43:21) Staying valuable

(49:53) Keep your skills valuable

(55:15) Platform engineering

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