Below are documents and templates that hundreds of engineering managers and engineers have used with success at various companies. I'll add new ones to this page, as I come around to the several other templates that served me over the years.

Resources shared include:

For engineering managers:

• Checklist for (New) Engineering Managers: the checklist I wish I had

• Tech Lead Expectations to empower engineers to lead projects

• Narrative/Business Case for a Platform team used to create one

• Performance Review Example and Template for EMs

• Promotions Map for EMs to visualize promotions progress

• Checklist for growing a (junior-heavy) team

• Checklist for planning preparation for engineering managers

• Project reporting example for regular engineering project updates.

• Preparing for layoffs: a checklist

• Pragmatic Engineer job board special offers for subscribers: posting jobs for free, or with a discount

Hiring:

• EM interview process

• Software engineering interview process

Onboarding:

• Onboarding Overview

• Onboarding Task List

• Onboarding Email Example

• Onboarding Checklist for Engineering Managers

• Onboarding Check-In Questionnaire that many places use to check-in around the one-month timeframe

Career-related:

• Resources to find great tech jobs: 100+ of the highest paying jobs, and 50+ places to find promising high-growth startups and a list of the best executive recruitment firms in tech

• Writing goals and accountability document: to help making progress in becoming a better writer.

For software engineers:

• A migration checklist

• Incident Analysis Templates

• Project reporting example

• Performance Review Example

• Work Log Template for software engineers

• Team Standup Template