 What should engineering managers be thinking about during this COVID-19 pandemic? In these engineering manager 80-20 shorts videos, we're typically giving you tips for becoming better engineering managers. But in these times, everything is different. People are all working remotely or maybe you have been and will be for months. So something to think about during this time is to be human with your staff, right? To talk to them about themselves, their families, what's concerning them right now. When you start a staff meeting, maybe you don't jump in with, hey, how's your project's going? Or give me a project update. Let's jump in with, how's everyone feeling today? How are you doing? How do you feel with everything that's going on? These are questions that are different than the typical staff meeting questions, but they're what we need to be focused on right now to help everyone get through it. Because the reality of it is, is that there are a lot of engineering companies that I talk to that are still very busy. And so the inclination is, oh, everything's fine, our projects are on schedule, we're okay for now. But how are your people feeling? How are your team members feeling about all the uncertainty that's out there? And really about, you know, not being able to connect with other people as well by being isolated. So please, as an engineering manager during these times, focus more on your people than ever and ask them how they're feeling about everything and how you can support them to get through this. Please subscribe here for our weekly engineering manager 8020 shorts. And I hope that you and your family stay safe during these times.