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Why Your Best Engineers Could Be Your Worst Managers
Lucas and Luna explore the common but painful pattern where high-performing senior engineers get promoted into management and struggle. Lucas shares data from a 2025 GitLab survey showing 63% of engineering managers received zero management training before their first role. They break down the 'Peter Principle in tech' using the case of a mid-size SaaS company where a top backend engineer became a bottleneck as a manager — not because he lacked skill, but because the promotion changed the nature of his work entirely. Luna pushes back on the idea that empathy can be taught, and Lucas offers a…
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