Agree with basically everything here. The biggest surprise about engineering management is that it's less about making technical decisions and more about nurtu

Agree with basically everything here. The biggest surprise about engineering management is that it's less about making technical decisions and more about nurturing other people to make technical decisions. It's almost entirely people management skills that don't even specifically apply to engineering. The other thing is the role is very rarely leadership and more service. Leaders usually blossom from within your teams naturally.