How to Manage former peers as a first-time Engineering Manager
Managing former peers is one of the trickiest challenges for a new engineering manager. The shift from colleague to leader requires careful balance, clear communication, and strategic thinking.
You’ve just been promoted to Engineering Manager, and it’s exciting, but there’s one challenge: you’re now managing the very people you used to work alongside. The ones you had coffee breaks with and teamed up with to go through endless logs. Now, you’re their manager. Feels a bit awkward…
It’s totally normal to feel unsure about this new dynamic, but wi…
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