About r/EngineeringManagers
Exchange ideas on how to build up great, healthy teams and keep their members happy and motivated.
The community at a glance
r/EngineeringManagers is a Subreddit for Engineering Managers with roughly 36K members. It has been around since 2017. It uses a forum format for communication. On the Hive Index it ranks #8 in the Engineering Management communities list.
Roughly 23K members have joined in the past year. Popular discussion topics include Career, Team, and Ai. Common discussion themes are Advice Requests and Pain & Anger.
Community Features
This community has a forum
Subreddit Analysis
via GummySearchMember growth over time
All time (yearly)
- 2024: 4K members
- 2025: 12K members
- 2026: 19K members
Past year (monthly)
- Nov: 2K members
- Dec: 1K members
- Jan: 2K members
- Feb: 3K members
- Mar: 2K members
- Apr: 2K members
- May: 2K members
- Jun: 3K members
- Jul: 2K members
- Aug: 2K members
- Sep: 2K members
- Oct: 2K members
Themes
- Advice Requests4 posts in the past month
- 11+ years in, recruiter calls stopped after I added a wellness break to LinkedIn. Looking for honest advice.
- What is a good leadership course for a mid level engineer?
- My career took a step back, how do I position my resume?
#14Advice Requests11+ years in, recruiter calls stopped after I added a wellness break to LinkedIn. Looking for honest advice. · What is a good leadership course for a mid level engineer? · My career took a step back, how do I position my resume? - Pain & Anger1 post in the past month
- With AI agents writing most of the code, the bottleneck moved to review. How are you handling it?
#21Pain & AngerWith AI agents writing most of the code, the bottleneck moved to review. How are you handling it? - Solution Requests1 post in the past month
- Anthropic Engineering Manager Interview - Seeking Insights!
#31Solution RequestsAnthropic Engineering Manager Interview - Seeking Insights! - Ideas1 post in the past month
- I built a small prototype for evaluating whether engineers can actually do the work they claimed they can. looking for hiring managers and hiring related people to test it
#41IdeasI built a small prototype for evaluating whether engineers can actually do the work they claimed they can. looking for hiring managers and hiring related people to test it
Topics
- Career5 posts in the past month
- My career took a step back, how do I position my resume?
#15CareerMy career took a step back, how do I position my resume? - Team5 posts in the past month
- Engineering Managers: What made you genuinely like a team member more than the rest , beyond just their coding output?
- Handling non-technical teammates building features
- Introducing team OKRs
#25TeamEngineering Managers: What made you genuinely like a team member more than the rest , beyond just their coding output? · Handling non-technical teammates building features · Introducing team OKRs - Ai4 posts in the past month
- AI based interviews. How did they go?
- AI is shipping more PRs. Who absorbs the cost when something breaks?
- I built a Claude readiness platform for teams deploying AI engineers/FDEs — looking for teams to test the org feature
#34AiAI based interviews. How did they go? · AI is shipping more PRs. Who absorbs the cost when something breaks? · I built a Claude readiness platform for teams deploying AI engineers/FDEs — looking for teams to test the org feature - Interview3 posts in the past month
- Anthropic Engineering Manager Interview - Seeking Insights!
- AI based interviews. How did they go?
- Interview prep for Ford LL6 role (Senior Engineering Manager)
#43InterviewAnthropic Engineering Manager Interview - Seeking Insights! · AI based interviews. How did they go? · Interview prep for Ford LL6 role (Senior Engineering Manager) - Code Review3 posts in the past month
- Has code review become the bottleneck for anyone else?
- Are you spending a lot of time in code reviews?
#53Code ReviewHas code review become the bottleneck for anyone else? · Are you spending a lot of time in code reviews?
Community Reviews
Frequently asked questions
- Who is r/EngineeringManagers for?
- Best for Engineering Managers enthusiasts looking for a Reddit-based community with forum discussion.
- Is r/EngineeringManagers free to join?
- This listing is not marked as paid-only. Access rules and any fees are decided by the community.
- How many members does r/EngineeringManagers have?
- Roughly 36K members, based on figures reported by the community or its host. Member counts are approximate and change over time.
- What platform is r/EngineeringManagers on?
- r/EngineeringManagers runs on Reddit. Reddit communities (or "subreddits") are forum-based groups on the popular social news aggregation, web content rating, and discussion website Reddit. Reddit is commonly known as "the front page of the internet". Users submit content to the site such as links, text posts, and images, which are then voted up or down and discussed by other members. From investing Reddit communities, to professional ones, to ones just for laughs, you're likely to find a community for you on Reddit.
- What topics does r/EngineeringManagers cover?
- On the Hive Index, r/EngineeringManagers is organized under Engineering Managers.
- How do I join r/EngineeringManagers?
- You can join r/EngineeringManagers by clicking this link, or pressing the "Go to community" button above.
- What are the Engineering Management communities like?
- Communities for engineering managers, CTOs, and tech leads covering people management, technical roadmapping, and the transition from individual contributor to manager. Slack hosts some of the most active spaces, with discussion spanning hiring, performance reviews, incident management, and navigating org politics.
Monthly Stats
- 13
- Views /mo (+30%)
- 13
- Visitors /mo (+30%)
- 1
- Referrals /mo (-50%)
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