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What I gave up to become an engineering manager
The five things I had to let go to transition successfully from IC to EM.
Right before I moved into management, I was in the middle of designing a brand-new continuous integration (CI) system from scratch. As an IC, I could block out hours of focus time, set my Slack to “⛔️ DND” and dive deep into coding. My calendar filled up with meetings, 1:1s, and the occasional fire-fighting, leaving little room for long blocks of deep work.
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