Things I got wrong when searching for my first engineering manager job
summary
Admits to having jumped in naively then lists concrete lessons: companies must invest in coaching and allow failure, calendar shifts to five meetings per day and demand ruthless quarterly personal retrospective, long initiatives often take three years to change so job‑hopping loses impact, and three actions improve odds — honestly assess skills and gaps, plan months not days, and assemble a growth committee of peers who give perspective and hold progress.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Transition to engineering management
- 1:25Engineering skills vs management
- 3:13New management duties
- 4:14Skill gaps and prep
- 5:18From IC to manager
- 6:41Time management for managers
- 7:45Playing the long game in management
- 9:08Key takeaways
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