alphadevx
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No longer an active account, but in the year 2021 HN does not support account deletion so you are reading this instead (you rock guys).
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Comment · 5 years ago
100% this. Already happening (I moved all of mine from London to Frankfurt last year, fully expecting this to happen). DCs in the UK will suffer.
Comment · 5 years ago
> I am also completely clueless how to switch jobs as a manager. Any insights would be greatly appreciated.
I share my own (humble) insights right here, its a huge topic but I post regularly, you might find some of those posts helpful: https://techleader.pro/
> it just doesn't feel the same in terms of pride in technical achievement .. i.e. my coding days are over
Same for me, I had to learn to take pride in building successful teams and individuals, and not code anymore.
As an ex-engineer, the key "eureka!" moment I had was when I realized that management != leadership, and leadership > management. After that, I started to study "leadership" as a formal topic, everyone from Marcus Aurelius to Steve Jobs, as if I was learning a new programming language for example.
The combination of technical chops + great people leadership skills is very rare, if you nail that many opportunities will open up for you during your career.
Wish you well on your journey.
Comment · 5 years ago
My mistakes contributed to those hard things.
I did not "claiming that is unavoidable" on this thread, if you care about being fair.
Comment · 5 years ago
Did I?
Comment · 5 years ago
You can't "manage observable people behaviours", they are complex human beings with unique emotions and motivations, each one behaves differently.
If you try to "manage" that, they will resent and resist you.
The best you can hope for is that they like and respect you enough to follow your leadership. But that's their choice.
Comment · 5 years ago
I'd always recommend you try it! The really brilliant part about engineering leadership is mentoring, there is nothing more rewarding than seeing one of your teams succeed, or growing your own leaders and watching them thrive autonomously.
If it does not suit you in the end, your technical skills will still be there as a fallback option.
Wish you well.
Comment · 5 years ago
Yes and I could go on! Engineering management is brilliant and rewarding, but also very demanding.
I have made plenty of mistakes over 20+ years, and learned the painful way.
All of your problems are people problems, the tech parts are much easier to manage.
Comment · 5 years ago
Wow that's a pretty easy going list. Just wait until you have to fire a bad hire that you made, have an entire team quit after a bad crunch, or have to lay off an entire team due to that exciting startup just you joined going bust.
Comment · 5 years ago
LOL it's a deal!
Comment · 5 years ago
If I go and buy an Apple M1 (speaking as a Linux guy who never owned a Mac...), will you guys promise to stop posting benchmarks here? Pinky promise?
Comment · 5 years ago
I would "start to have a point", really? I will try harder next time.