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Re:Ask HN: Developers who became engineering managers, how w... by brabel on Friday October 13, 2017 @06:56AM (#15464542)
> You just have to take that massive leap of faith that everything will be alright.

To let your employees do their jobs is taking a massive leap of faith for you? Looks like you should learn to trust them a little bit more. If they cannot be trusted due to lack of competence, perhaps you should invest in training and a better process.

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Re:Ask HN: Developers who became engineering managers, how w... by volundr- on Friday October 13, 2017 @07:11AM (#15464604)
That's not really what he's saying. As a developer, it is up to you to make things go. As a manager, your job is to support engineers and believe that they will make things go.

That is indeed a leap, and a very different mindset.

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Re:Ask HN: Developers who became engineering managers, how w... by tj-teej on Friday October 13, 2017 @02:55PM (#15468342)
When you're an engineer, you can literally prove your solutions will work; (through unit tests, etc).

I think the OP is saying that with management you don't have that kind of proof, and trying to get it will hinder your team.

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