# Engineering management is a career change, not a promotion

DevFeed: [Engineering management is a career change, not a promotion](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/engineering-management-is-a-career-change-not-a-promotion-38686.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://newsletter.techworld-with-milan.com/p/engineering-management-is-a-career>)

Author: Dr Milan Milanović

Published: 2026-07-30T15:00:17Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Tech World With Milan Newsletter](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/tech-world-with-milan-newsletter.md>)

Topics: [Tech Lead](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tech-lead.md>), [systems](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/systems.md>), [debug](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/debug.md>)

Tags: [career](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/career.md>), [coaching](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/coaching.md>), [debugging](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/debugging.md>), [engineering-management](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering-management.md>), [management](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/management.md>), [manager](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/manager.md>), [metric](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/metric.md>), [outage](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/outage.md>), [promotion](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/promotion.md>), [support](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/support.md>)

## AI overview

An interview with Ryan Murphy examines engineering management as a career path, including promotion criteria, management training, feedback, stakeholder communication, and the shift from optimizing code to owning outcomes.

## Source excerpt

Ryan Murphy on what actually gets engineers promoted, why delayed feedback is cruelty, and the manager who told him on day one that he was a resource