--- title: #31 | Sunday reads for EMs | daily.dev description: A curated collection of five articles for engineering managers covering: identifying and addressing system bottlenecks, communicating technical proposals to... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/fwkozhhki twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: #31 | Sunday reads for EMs | daily.dev og:description: A curated collection of five articles for engineering managers covering: identifying and addressing system bottlenecks, communicating technical proposals to... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/fwkozhhki og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/fWKoZhhKi.png og:image:alt: Post cover image og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # #31 | Sunday reads for EMs **[Devs Tech](https://daily.dev/sources/devstech)** · [@stmoreau](https://daily.dev/stmoreau) · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A curated collection of five articles for engineering managers covering: identifying and addressing system bottlenecks, communicating technical proposals to executives, categorizing software development waste, making relative prioritization decisions, and the importance of persistence over raw talent in completing difficult projects. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#productivity](https://daily.dev/tags/productivity), [#leadership](https://daily.dev/tags/leadership) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/fwkozhhki) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https://daily.dev/posts/fwkozhhki","headline":"#31 | Sunday reads for EMs","text":"Shared: #31 | Sunday reads for EMs","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/fwkozhhki","datePublished":"2026-01-18T12:13:11.470Z","dateModified":"2026-01-18T12:13:49.720Z","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Stephane Moreau","url":"https://daily.dev/stmoreau","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/ACg8ocJe5l4RcMM86d5Sjq5jiAnM75yewxpRhegwj5IkYtlCbegq=s96-c","description":"Senior Engineering Manager | Join 10,000+ Leaders in my Blog for Engineering Managers","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"EndorseAction"},"userInteractionCount":2520}},"image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--58gMhC4P--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2012","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":2},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"sharedContent":{"@type":"WebPage","url":"https://api.daily.dev/r/Mi76eksuz"},"isPartOf":{"@type":"WebPage","url":"https://daily.dev/squads/devstech","name":"Devs Tech"}} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Devs Tech","item":"https://daily.dev/squads/devstech"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"#31 | Sunday reads for EMs"}]} ```