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EM Track Overview

What changes if you go EM?

  • Time shifts from code to outcomes, people, and portfolio health.
  • Core loops: hiring, performance, coaching, delivery, and technical stewardship (often via your Staff partners).
  • Great EMs create an environment where great ICs thrive: clear OKRs, sane oncall, predictable execution, and space for deep work.

If you love unblocking humans and designing systems-of-systems, you’ll likely enjoy EM.

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