https://mansoor.io/about/Recent content in About on MansoorHugoen-usFri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://mansoor.io/about/on-staying-technical/Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://mansoor.io/about/on-staying-technical/<p>The further you get from the code, the harder it is to lead engineers well. Here&rsquo;s how I&rsquo;ve tried to stay grounded.</p> <h2 id="the-drift-is-real">The drift is real</h2> <p>Most engineering leaders I know didn&rsquo;t intend to stop coding. It happened gradually — more meetings, more strategy documents, more people to manage. One day you realize your last meaningful pull request was eight months ago.</p> <p>This matters more than people admit. Technical credibility isn&rsquo;t just about being able to read code in a review. It&rsquo;s about having current intuitions: what is hard, what is fast, what is fragile, what is a reasonable estimate.</p>