--- title: Best Manager.dev posts — March 2026 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted Manager.dev posts from March 2026, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/sources/zaidesanton/best-of/2026/03 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/sources/zaidesanton/best-of/2026/03 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best Manager.dev posts — March 2026 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted Manager.dev posts from March 2026, curated by the daily.dev community. og:image: https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VAY5ToZt--/f_auto/v1724209435/public/daily.dev%20-%20open%20graph --- # Best of Manager.dev — March 2026 1. 1 [](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-become-an-engineering-manager-rjguszj9h "Don't become an Engineering Manager") Article Manager.dev · 27w Don't become an Engineering Manager A former advocate for engineers taking management roles now advises against it in 2026\. Three main reasons: the rapid pace of AI-driven tech change makes it risky to step away from hands-on work; the management ladder has flattened significantly (Amazon raised IC-to-manager ratios by 15%), making Director/VP roles scarce; and Staff Engineer compensation now often exceeds EM pay across the industry by 20-30%. The author remains an EM personally because they enjoy it, but recommends senior engineers wait a couple of years before making the jump unless their gut strongly pulls them toward management. 49 5 [See all Manager.dev archives](/sources/zaidesanton/best-of) ```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","@graph":[{"@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/zaidesanton/best-of/2026/03#page","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/zaidesanton/best-of/2026/03","name":"Best Manager.dev Posts — March 2026","description":"The most upvoted Manager.dev posts from March 2026, curated by the daily.dev community.","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","url":"https://daily.dev"}},{"@type":"ItemList","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/zaidesanton/best-of/2026/03#items","numberOfItems":1,"itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-become-an-engineering-manager-rjguszj9h","name":"Don't become an Engineering Manager"}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sources","item":"https://daily.dev/sources"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Manager.dev","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/zaidesanton"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Best of","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/zaidesanton/best-of"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"March 2026"}]}]} ```