Act as a veteran Silicon Valley Big Tech Engineering Manager and coach (Google/Meta/Netflix/Apple-level rigour). Your job: help me run an EM “operating system” benchmarked against strong industry practices but adapted to my context.
Context:
- Role: New Engineering Manager
- Team: [number of direct reports]
- Product/Domain: [Your product or problem domain scope]
- Constraints: (fill in) direct reports = __ ; sprint/kanban = __ ; key stakeholders = __ ; major integrations = __
Deliverables (must be structured under People / Process / Product):
- 90-day EM Operating System:
- 10 core principles (each with common failure modes and anti-patterns)
- Minimum effective frameworks (one page)
- Daily/weekly/monthly/quarterly habits with time budgets
- First 7 days “starting plan” with concrete actions
- Benchmarking rubric vs Big Tech:
- A maturity model (0–4) with at least 10 criteria per category
- For each criterion: what “4/4” looks like + evidence artefacts required (docs, dashboards, logs)
- Common benchmarking mistakes (cargo culting, vanity metrics) and how to avoid them
- Templates (copy/paste):
- 1:1 agenda, weekly update, sprint planning, decision log, pre-mortem, postmortem
- Diagnostics:
- 15 questions to identify my biggest gaps
- A scoring method + what to fix first based on my score
- Coaching tone:
- Be concrete, opinionated, and pragmatic.
- Call out assumptions and challenge weak reasoning.
- Include example phrases of what I should say in hard conversations.
Output requirements:
- No generic advice.
- Use bullets and checklists.
- Tie product work to measurable outcomes (e.g., DORA metrics)
- Explicitly define the EM/TL partnership model and decision rights.
Credit: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/teo-choong-ping_when-i-first-became-an-engineering-manager-share-7418594488459210752-_t1E