Engineering leader in Munich. I’ve spent about ten years leading teams that never share a room.https://marcuswermuth.com/en-gbhttps://marcuswermuth.com/writing/from-zero-to-three-how-we-built-a-thriving-co-op-program/https://marcuswermuth.com/writing/from-zero-to-three-how-we-built-a-thriving-co-op-program/When our leadership team gathered this spring to discuss bringing on a co-op intern, we thought we were making a modest decision. Several team members had positive experiences mentoring students in the past, and we saw it as an opportunity…Thu, 17 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMTLeadershiphttps://marcuswermuth.com/writing/building-an-effective-engineering-career-framework/https://marcuswermuth.com/writing/building-an-effective-engineering-career-framework/As engineering organizations grow, a well-designed career framework is one of the most impactful tools for scaling culture and expectations. While many companies delay creating frameworks until they face pressing issues, proactively…Mon, 01 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMTLeadershiphttps://marcuswermuth.com/writing/how-i-laid-myself-off/https://marcuswermuth.com/writing/how-i-laid-myself-off/This is not clickbait. Yes. I laid myself off.Wed, 06 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMTLeadershiphttps://marcuswermuth.com/writing/you-have-the-power/https://marcuswermuth.com/writing/you-have-the-power/Power is a weird word. A weird concept. Even writing it, feels a bit difficult. Power is associated with politicians, wars, police, or gyms. None of those have purely positive vibes, except maybe gyms, but that’s open for discussion.Tue, 20 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMTLeadershiphttps://marcuswermuth.com/writing/changing-job-remotely/https://marcuswermuth.com/writing/changing-job-remotely/As I just recently changed jobs, I felt the need to write about a topic I do care a lot about. Remote Work is the hot topic right now. It's everywhere. The pandemic taught us that working from home, or at least not having everyone work…Mon, 30 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMTRemote workhttps://marcuswermuth.com/writing/books-june-2021/https://marcuswermuth.com/writing/books-june-2021/Sharing the books that I read in June 2021 📚️ Topics this month include leadership, management, systems thinking, philosophy and psyhcology.Sun, 27 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMTBookshttps://marcuswermuth.com/writing/be-lazy-and-go-home-lazy-leadership/https://marcuswermuth.com/writing/be-lazy-and-go-home-lazy-leadership/Be lazy and go home. Yes, you heard me right! It is the most important thing I've learned in the past months. I guess this is not what you'd expect to hear as advice for leading a team. I didn't either. After a past 1:1 conversation with…Mon, 31 May 2021 00:00:00 GMTLeadershiphttps://marcuswermuth.com/writing/books-may-2021/https://marcuswermuth.com/writing/books-may-2021/Some of the books I read in May that I would love to recommend. Lately I've been mostly reading non-fiction books. There is the casual fiction book I am continuing (half way through A Little Life - I'll get it done 😅), I guess it comes in…Wed, 26 May 2021 00:00:00 GMTBookshttps://marcuswermuth.com/writing/why-virtual-teams-should-work-like-a-jazz-band/https://marcuswermuth.com/writing/why-virtual-teams-should-work-like-a-jazz-band/I love listening to jazz. And I know that jazz is probably the most divisive form of music, so you might not agree with me. But for the sake of this article stay with me for a few minutes. In my eyes, jazz is not just a style of music.…Thu, 17 Sep 2020 00:00:00 GMTLeadershiphttps://marcuswermuth.com/writing/virtual-communication-in-a-crisis/https://marcuswermuth.com/writing/virtual-communication-in-a-crisis/This blog post was co-authored by Raquel Ark. She is a communicator, coach, facilitator dedicated to shining the light on listening.Wed, 01 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMTRemote workhttps://marcuswermuth.com/writing/the-ultimate-guide-to-virtual-1-1s/https://marcuswermuth.com/writing/the-ultimate-guide-to-virtual-1-1s/Managing a distributed team is hard and so different than what has happened in the history of work, although Management isn’t easy in whatever setup. The most significant learning I had in my career as a Manager was that building…Thu, 13 Feb 2020 00:00:00 GMTLeadershiphttps://marcuswermuth.com/writing/my-top-5-books-of-2019/https://marcuswermuth.com/writing/my-top-5-books-of-2019/As you might have noticed reading this article, I started writing this year. Mostly working on my book but also publishing a couple of articles here and there. Writing was never my strong suit, but I really liked the idea of it. I wanted…Tue, 31 Dec 2019 00:00:00 GMTBookshttps://marcuswermuth.com/writing/isolation-one-of-the-biggest-problem-in-remote-work/https://marcuswermuth.com/writing/isolation-one-of-the-biggest-problem-in-remote-work/In the sixth post of the series “Be an effective leader in a remote team”, I wanted to talk about the effect remote work can have on you and your team.Wed, 04 Sep 2019 00:00:00 GMTRemote workhttps://marcuswermuth.com/writing/over-communication-does-not-exist-in-remote-work/https://marcuswermuth.com/writing/over-communication-does-not-exist-in-remote-work/In the fifth post of the series “Be an effective leader in a remote team” everything evolves around more communication.Wed, 21 Aug 2019 00:00:00 GMTRemote workhttps://marcuswermuth.com/writing/stay-curious-and-keep-learning-to-be-the-best-remote-leader-you-can/https://marcuswermuth.com/writing/stay-curious-and-keep-learning-to-be-the-best-remote-leader-you-can/For new readers: To get started in this series – go to the first post.Wed, 14 Aug 2019 00:00:00 GMTLeadershiphttps://marcuswermuth.com/writing/how-to-reflect-as-a-leader/https://marcuswermuth.com/writing/how-to-reflect-as-a-leader/For new readers: To get started in this series – go to the first post.Wed, 07 Aug 2019 00:00:00 GMTLeadershiphttps://marcuswermuth.com/writing/the-calendar-is-your-virtual-office-door/https://marcuswermuth.com/writing/the-calendar-is-your-virtual-office-door/For new readers: To get started in this series – go to the first post.Wed, 31 Jul 2019 00:00:00 GMTRemote workhttps://marcuswermuth.com/writing/4-routines-for-remote-leaders/https://marcuswermuth.com/writing/4-routines-for-remote-leaders/In my first series I wanted to talk about what it means to be a leader in a distributed team. Leadership is not something only used by managers. At Buffer everyone should have a certain kind of Leadership skill. I really loved how Katie…Wed, 24 Jul 2019 00:00:00 GMTRemote workhttps://marcuswermuth.com/writing/active-listening-a-guide-for-leaders-and-managers-of-remote-teams/https://marcuswermuth.com/writing/active-listening-a-guide-for-leaders-and-managers-of-remote-teams/Recently I have been talking to a bunch of people, especially engineers, who are getting interested in the area of Engineering Management. The question I most often get asked is „What does an EM do?”. I feel in two parts about this – on…Thu, 06 Jun 2019 00:00:00 GMTLeadershiphttps://marcuswermuth.com/writing/what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-mobile-lead/https://marcuswermuth.com/writing/what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-mobile-lead/I often feel the need to explain what my role means. It is not as clear as “I am an iOS Engineer” or “I am a Designer”. There will also be a thousand different description depending on the company people work at. For us here at Buffer…Wed, 09 May 2018 00:00:00 GMTLeadershiphttps://marcuswermuth.com/writing/how-being-open-and-honest-made-me-a-better-virtual-leader/https://marcuswermuth.com/writing/how-being-open-and-honest-made-me-a-better-virtual-leader/We at Buffer are a fully distributed team. Managing or keeping a relationship with this kind of setup depends almost completely on the people and the culture.Sat, 28 Apr 2018 00:00:00 GMTLeadership