Starting as an Engineering Manager

Richard Boulton, an Engineering Manager at Cloudflare, shares his experience and objectives for his first week in the new role. His goals included meeting all team members, understanding their skills and motivations, writing down expectations from manager and team, reviewing job scope, learning about technologies used, being mentored by a team member, discussing diversity and inclusion, understanding management structure, spending time with senior leaders, playing with the product, and more. Boulton also sought advice on Twitter, which led to additional objectives such as articulating company vision, identifying non-technical stakeholders, understanding ongoing projects, emergencies, and communications policy.