A personal update about my career break, the newsletter and the future.

Manager.dev

An engineering director shares his 8-month career break experience, exploring entrepreneurship through indie products and startup ventures. After trying to build a parenting app, creating a newsletter monetization strategy, and co-founding a BigQuery analytics startup, he discovered his preference for stability over risk and team collaboration over solo work. He's now returning to full-time engineering management while continuing his newsletter for engineering managers and taking on an evangelist role at a YC startup.

What's next for manager.dev and for me

It’s kind of refreshing to read that it’s not always a golden way of “your own thing is always best” and sometimes it’s ok to just be where you are in a sense.
Good luck on your next adventure.

Good luck <a href="https://app.daily.dev/antonzaides" data-mention-id="pPJxvEccyBNkDUh4jQy6I" data-mention-username="antonzaides" translate="no">@antonzaides</a>! What is actually the role of EM evangelist?

<a href="https://app.daily.dev/antonzaides" data-mention-id="pPJxvEccyBNkDUh4jQy6I" data-mention-username="antonzaides" translate="no">@antonzaides</a>
Glad you could take a 8 months break,
To find out what really make you click!
I always thought of doing that during my EM career,
But could never gather courage to do so !!!
Then the universe made it happen with an LR,
And that was a big-turning point in my Career!
Found my IKIGAI after trial-and-error of few projects/businesses,
And now focussing all my energies to fuel &amp; build on that!
Wishing you success - with more firepower - in your new assignements!