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Can you elaborate on what you do?
by throwbacktictac 8y ago
Can you elaborate on what you do?
- ta45663344 8y agoManages, so he takes credit for work done by intelligent people.
- kev009 8y ago:) there are a lot of awful managers in tech, I tried hard not to be one of them. A good first level manager in my opinion should remain a strong individual contributor to the team. It's important to have prudent knowledge of the system and continuously develop your decision making basis. On top of this, a good manager should be directly recruiting and hiring talent (i.e. talent agencies and recrutiers are not good ways to build a team). And you should finally and most importantly be an advocate for the individuals on your team (compensation, basic empathy around life events etc) and the output of the team (vendors, other teams, etc will eventually try to undercut you knowingly or not. If the work is meaningful, and you are doing well, you must generate positive news about it). Done well, it's not an easy job.