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> Then I became an engineering manager. A year later, I cannot even recognize the old, people-pleasing me How did that transition happen? How was the first tim
by cutemonster 6y ago
> Then I became an engineering manager. A year later, I cannot even recognize the old, people-pleasing me
How did that transition happen? How was the first time as an eng manager, did you get bitten by saying Yes sometimes in the very beginning
- paxys 6y agoYes, many times. Part of it was just my non-understanding of software complexity and organizational dynamics beyond just working on the end tasks.
- cutemonster 6y agoSoftware complexity -- has bitten me too. e.g. it's amazing, I think, how things that seem like unimportant details sometimes can turn out to be 10 maybe 100 x more work than first thought