Having made the switch from IC to IT manager and now back to IC (at a different company), I want to add in a few insights of my own: 1. It's probably not a good

Having made the switch from IC to IT manager and now back to IC (at a different company), I want to add in a few insights of my own: 1. It's probably not a good idea to get into management if your team is a remote team. 2. If you're managing a remote team for the first time and your boss is also colocated with your remote team, make sure he/she is not a micromanager. 3. Make sure you're talking to your team and checking in on them. The introvert part of me had a hard time with this. 4. Yes, it's ok to interrupt your smart, gets-shit-done employees, especially if you've haven't talked to them in days. 5. Make sure you set a vision to your ICs and hold them accountable to that vision. It helps if they contributed to making this vision with you. 6. Yadda yadda yadda, I'm happy being an IC again :)