id: 1111,1B1
title: Rationale for forming engineering manager support groups.
date: 2023-11-19

Rationale for forming engineering manager support groups.

There are a number of benefits to creating these groups:rR4

• Learn from peers instead of just your manager.
• Opportunity to grow by filling in your knowledge gaps through teaching.
• Allows growth where you are rather than where a curriculum or mentor decides you should be.
• Creates a long-lived support network.
• Creates intentional connection and touchpoints which especially helps in a remote world.
• Increases retention, lengthens their tenures, and attracts new talent.