Losing your technical edge as a manager?
Recently found myself in a more managerial role and I’ve been having trouble with detaching myself from the lower level technical details of the job. At a higher “strategic” level I’m still fine, probably a bit more technical than a lot of other managerial peers, but it stresses me out as I feel myself drifting further and further from the implementation details of the job. I stress out envisioning a future where I’m back on the interview circuit and can’t answer anything meaningful in the loops because I’ve spent the last 4 years doing nothing but writing emails, Slack messages, and Quip documents. Is this normal?
Are you ME? I was just telling this to one of my friends earlier today.
Common issue with managers. I have to try extra hard to make sure that I do not lose the technical edge and become an average manager
I’ve seen many managers work on side projects and do weekend reads to keep up with industry trends. I saw myself getting into that trap so I jumped back to IC as managerial politics in my previous role/firms were grueling to handle
I'm exactly on the same boat
Start engaging in tech meetings
I have VPs who understand every little detail and effortlessly transitioning between tactical and strategic while delegating work generously. The issue at hand might be specific to you or your org and equally, the remedy is in your hands.
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