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Re:Common Mistakes of New Engineering Managers by mattbk1 on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @12:51PM (#26493733)
I was pushed into it because they needed a supervisor in that position. I might be a decent leader from a technical standpoint, but not a good manager after a year into it.
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Re:Common Mistakes of New Engineering Managers by airhead969 on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @02:07PM (#26494820)
Yep. It doesn't scale well. Technical lead != technical manager. It's also myopic because it's two jobs and two completely different professions.
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Re:Common Mistakes of New Engineering Managers by HellDunkel on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @02:50PM (#26495318)
What is a technical manager?
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Re:Common Mistakes of New Engineering Managers by airhead969 on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @03:21PM (#26495710)
Manager of technical people.

I guess we could recast the term "technical manager" as "one who attempts to both do and manage."

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Re:Common Mistakes of New Engineering Managers by HellDunkel on Thursday March 18, 2021 @03:30AM (#26500360)
Guess it all boils down to management vs leadership. I just wish we could go back to not calling every second employee a manager of something.

„manager of technical people“ is great example. You would expect a technical person who the team respects with equally great management skills, farsight and vision.

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