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When you start managing managers, I think the biggest change is that you stop seeing the work. Your job becomes the judgment of the people who do. https://robertstowe.com/what-i-believe-changes-when-you-start-managing-managers/ #EngineeringManagement #EngineeringLeadership

robertstowe.comWhat I believe changes when you start managing managersWhat I believe changes when you move from managing engineers to managing managers, and what I think success looks like at that level.

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Tactical Mindscapes

@tacticalmindscapes.bsky.social

Yes, and you can't watch the judgment happen either. I've noticed a small version of this in late game Civ IV. Past twenty cities I stop opening most of them. After that I'm mostly checking whether the governor settings still fit the plan.

Robert Stowe

@robertstowe.com

Good analogy. The governor settings are the delegation, and I think the skill shifts from running each city to noticing early when the settings stop fitting the plan. The cities that worry me are the ones that look fine from the overview.

Tactical Mindscapes

@tacticalmindscapes.bsky.social

Those are the ones that get me too. In Civ IV a city can look fine on the overview while it's been building workboats for forty turns. I usually only catch it when I open it for some other reason. I suspect plenty of teams look like that from two levels up.