I've been a senior engineer for several years (15+ in the industry). I've recently transitioned into an engineering manager role (SRE team). I think I'm in a really great position to dip my toes into the management realm because a) I have a small team and b) I have an excellent manager/mentor. This is the first time in my career that I've had a good manager. I didn't know what a good manager looked like until I started reporting to my current manager.
Anyway, I'm looking for any advice on how to excel in this role. I'm at a tech company of about 2k people. The infra we manage is quite huge, and the challenges can be demanding.
It would be particularly great to hear from managers that started their mgmt career at a tier2/3 company and then went on to management at Google, Netflix, etc...
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These are all things that others have pointed out in this thread.
Now on the flip side ....
I've had managers that have pit team members against each other ("it's just competition!"), managers that more often than not canceled 1:1s (and managers that didn't even do 1:1s), managers that don't give a crap about work-life balance. I had one manager that tried to actively discourage our clients (other company depts) from following my advice/architectural design.
A 4 YoE, you should be actively seeking out a good mentor. That's one thing I really wish I had done earlier in my career. It takes humility to look for a mentor, but it's worth it.
Last but not least, genuinely care about your team member’s growth and career. People are not stupid, when you care about them they will care about you.
As EM your top priority is People. You are not an IC anymore so try to scale yourself through engineers, i.e. delegate, allow eng to own projects, areas and tech though support and couch them when you see gaps. Ask qustions, make them think about edge cases, unforseen circumstances and challange assumptions, strive to get measurable results/goals. Give feedback regularly, on-demand, NEVER delay comstructive feedback, timing is important. There is waay more but tgat at high level.