Starting as an SDM soon @ amazon seasoned and successful SDMs: what good advice , stragety, surivial advice you wish tou knew before you started ? TC:~440k
Learn how to win trust of others. Learn how to be genuinely focused on enhancing others careers Learn how to give up your engineering (it’s hard. You will have withdrawal symptoms) Learn how to unite your team so they are stronger together Learn how to choose the right battles that you can win. Be close to tech leads and PEs so they trust you Learn to talk about technical topics in full detail or at high level depending upon audience Learn how to manage top performers so they are always winning Learn how to manage bottom performers so they are not slacking Learn to play politics with other SDMs who want to take away your credit Learn how to be visible whenever there is an opportunity Learn to listen and help remove hurdles Trust others but keep verifying randomly Document. Document. Document Remember if it’s not being measured or tracked, it’s not gonna meet the deadline Every thing tends to fail and everyone has seemingly valid excuse why it’s not their fault. You need to make it happen. Appreciate whenever it’s justified. It’s not about you. It’s about others Learn when to micromanage and when not to
+1 on what kkbhzs2 said and: 1. Listen to your directs. They don’t work for you, you work for them. (Many managers forget this). 2. Don’t micromanage. Unlike Microsoft, managers should not be prescriptive about the how. Bottom up rather than top down. 3. Pay attention to your connection results and be transparent with your team. 4. Eat live and breath LPs 5. Work on your writing skills, ditch the PowerPoint and the weasel words.
Great advice. Are there internal workshops on writing skills ?
Yup! There are courses on knet, videos on broadcast, and tutorials on w.amazon.com
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