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Shawn Axsom · 2022-03-20T15:52:45.686Z

The State of Affairs of Engineering Management Engineering Management is ripe for growth as a craft. After a decade of leadership, I've felt mostly alone. For such a people-focused profession, it's a surprise that I see more community engagement from...

Very detailed and nice.

Great read, no wonder your calend.ly is booked out! Shawn Axsom Are you still hosting office hours (5 person coffee chat), if so is it a different link?

💛 – Yeah, office hours can be found on my main Calendly, and it looks like I have some availability coming up if you're quick calendly.com/shawn-axsom

Shawn Axsom Found it, ty! Do I need to provide the 4 additional people? I assumed others will elect to join, but wanted to be mindful in case I'm wrong.

James Park Nope! 4 others may sign up finding my office hours link.

Thanks for providing all these information. I'm on the introverted side, and sometimes I found it difficult to chat with people... but I enjoy 10-15' talks, discord servers and twitter spaces :)

Girl lol 😆 lunch is over $$ time to mKd that

Hi Matthew Cramer, if you need any help please reach out to support (hashnode.com), that way we'll be able to help you better.

Thank you

Thanks Eleftheria Batsou! Sounds like we're the same in those aspects.

If you ever want to have a coffee chat, let me know, or anyone from Hashnode or otherwise can join our Discord

discord.gg/ghdjvEZfDM

Great read, Shawn! To be honest, I missed the space last Saturday, and I wish I had been there! I'm an introvert as well, but these coffee chats actually give me energy. I totally focus on how I can provide value while connecting with people at the same time. I wish I had leaders like you in the community who we were willing to help when I started my career. Really appreciate what you do for the community!

Thanks for the kind words, Sumudu! Feel free to DM on Twitter if you want to do a coffee chat sometime

Yeah, I would love to have a coffee chat sometime. I will schedule one soon. Thanks! Shawn Axsom

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Great read! So many topics/concepts there that I knew nothing or very litte about so had to Google:

EM as a role (LinkedIn’d some job specs)
What Docker is, I realise now I’ve seen that whale everywhere!
100Devs

I class myself as an introvert, which is partly why coffee chats haven’t appealed. But I also find joy and energy in leading the team of 50 marketers that I do, so am certainly starting to understand the value of coffee chats ☺️

Awesome, Zoë – I didn't realize you lead a team of 50 😅

I'm glad the article was helpful!

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