I’m completely with you on this: the power balance shifts as soon as you get the manager title, even if you wish it did not (I ended up managing former peers at Uber: one day I was a team member, the next day a manager).
This makes everything more tricky, as it’s true that the same behaviour as a manager or as an IC spark different responses.
It’s a tough one to navigate and I won’t say I have it all figured out. It also makes transitioning into management a lot more lonely, in my experience.
This makes everything more tricky, as it’s true that the same behaviour as a manager or as an IC spark different responses.
It’s a tough one to navigate and I won’t say I have it all figured out. It also makes transitioning into management a lot more lonely, in my experience.