IC Transition
The Trust Equation Every New Manager Needs to Understand
Authority is assigned. Trust is earned. Most new managers confuse the two.
Authority is assigned. Trust is earned. Most new managers confuse the two.
The hard part isn't the friendship. It's the territory.
New managers fail not because of what they start doing — but because of what they don't stop.
The hardest part of the IC-to-manager transition has nothing to do with your technical skills.
Having strong technical skills won't make you a good manager. Here is the system I built to close the gap nobody warned me about.