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You’re going to need to judge yourself by different metrics after the transition. You go from trying to be the smartest person in the room to try to hire people
by flyinglizard 5y ago
You’re going to need to judge yourself by different metrics after the transition. You go from trying to be the smartest person in the room to try to hire people smarter than you. You go from taking pride in the great architecture you’ve designed to taking pride in someone from your team doing it. It’s a whole different game. The better of an IC you were, the more difficult this transition is going to be.
- borski 5y agoA+ comment, and echoes my experience wholly.
- elliottcarlson 5y agoI had an IC who was interested in moving to a team lead role and had mentioned that during their interview process. We agreed to give them 6 months and then revisit the conversation -- when we spoke about it again, the IC said that they had changed their mind, because there were people smarter than them on the team. My advice is that you don't need to be the smartest engineer to be a lead or manager, but you should be able to identify them, and help them grow.