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mcWanke
Engineering Leader. People First. Always.
Hi. I’m Kevin.
I am an engineering leader with 14+ years of experience building teams that build things that matter — and occasionally building things that beep, blink, or connect to the cloud. Somewhere in the middle of all that I figured out that the best technology comes from the best teams, and the best teams come from people who feel safe, supported, and genuinely excited about the work.
I am a people-first manager. That is not a buzzword I put on a resume — it is how I actually operate. I believe psychological safety is the foundation of great engineering culture, that the manager’s job is to make the team successful not the other way around, and that a team that celebrates wins and owns failures together will out-deliver any group of brilliant individuals working in isolation.
When I am not connecting engineering dots I am probably hanging out with my awesome family, hiking somewhere with my dogs, working on my homelab or Home Assistant dashboards, or building Lego.
Welcome to my corner of the internet. I hope something here is useful to you.
Blog
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(My) Home Shower Problem
Setting up a Smart Home is a lot of fun for a certain group of people. It is always incredibly interesting to me to talk to someone else about my own experiences…
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A Giant Mistake Most Of Us Are Making Every Day
There are always going to be things in life that we regret. Just think about the concept of New Years resolutions if you want a great example. Why is some arbitrary day…
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Never Underestimate the Power of Ownership in Software Development
Names have power. This is a lesson that I have learned through many years of leading teams in the engineering space. The thing is that a lot of people don’t understand why…
Portfolio
A human, people-first approach to engineering and management. AKA: How to build great engineering teams. How can I help?
Projects, results, and a few honest failures from a career building software that actually shipped with great teams.
Professional and personal projects around hardware, sensors, and low-voltage electronics.
Some of my personal projects to share with the world. Code, designs, and a lot of fun.