Engineering Manager: Do Not Be a Hero

This is article is a follow-up to My First Thoughts as an Engineering Manager. It is a description of some behaviors that as engineering managers we have to avoid because they have a negative impact on the teams.

I've read many books and articles about software engineering team dynamics, the term "Hero" usually references a software engineer that tries to help everyone and solve all the problems not using the best practices and focusing on the short term. Of course, I've seen this behavior in some engineers but usually, it hasn´t a big impact unless there is a "hero" culture in the organization.