Re:Ask HN: How to speak like a leader, not like an engineer?
by adamrmcd on Saturday March 09, 2019 @10:56PM
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> Is there anyway to keep oneself occupied with technical stuff in a managerial role?
It's been 1.5 years since I transitioned from a Solution Architect role and into a Technical Manager role, and I still struggle to keep myself out of my devops-team's kitchen. I'll still offer advice and direction based upon my past experience, but try to maintain those "teachable moments."
But for me, the only way I could fully scratch that technical itch is to pick up some hobby electronics projects at home.
Ironically, most recently I ended up building an Arduino traffic signal light for the office, interpreting data from our Sensu/Telegraf/New Relic APIs, just to show my team when our servers are struggling. Heh
It's been 1.5 years since I transitioned from a Solution Architect role and into a Technical Manager role, and I still struggle to keep myself out of my devops-team's kitchen. I'll still offer advice and direction based upon my past experience, but try to maintain those "teachable moments."
But for me, the only way I could fully scratch that technical itch is to pick up some hobby electronics projects at home.
Ironically, most recently I ended up building an Arduino traffic signal light for the office, interpreting data from our Sensu/Telegraf/New Relic APIs, just to show my team when our servers are struggling. Heh