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How do you balance the priorities of developing new features and managing technical debt?

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  • Can you describe how you balance the priorities of creating new features and maintaining technical debt?
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  • How do you balance the priorities of developing new features and managing technical debt?
  • How do you manage the competing demands of creating new features and maintaining technical debt?
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Interview question asked to Engineering Managers interviewing at Snap, DrChrono, Micro Focus and others: How do you balance the priorities of developing new features and managing technical debt?.