Your peer just became your boss. "Just survive it" is the most expensive plan in the room — and it is the plan almost everyone makes.
Ask instead: "What does winning look like to you?"
Onward and Upward 🚀

Your peer just became your boss. "Just survive it" is the most expensive plan in the room — and it is the plan almost everyone makes.
Ask instead: "What does winning look like to you?"
Onward and Upward 🚀
Burnout is a load problem. Conflict is a relationship problem. From the hallway they look identical.
A new manager who treats both as "morale" fixes neither.
Which did you inherit?
Onward and Upward 🚀
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(1/2) I am increasingly hearing the term "player-coach" used to describe the engineering manager role. Managers who lead and code. Hands-on, technical, always in it.
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First-time manager? Your role is no longer just about doing great work—it’s about giving clarity, feedback, making decisions, and helping others succeed. Leadership mistakes are rarely technical; they’re about how you lead.
The conversation you're avoiding is the one your team is waiting for you to have.
They already know. Every day you don't raise it, you answer the question — and the answer is "this is fine."