[SmellTheGlove]

This is all really good advice, and any manager candidates or new managers reading the thread should take this with them.

Remember also that while your job isn't to write code and that success is in your team's hands, it is your role to help that team be capable in order to achieve that success. I'm going to give you a lesson I learned in my first management role that I hope you'll take with you -

Deal with underperformance head-on, and do not avoid the tough conversations. I made the mistake of "seeing how things go" and giving wishy-washy performance feedback because I really wanted my team to like and enjoy working for me. In hindsight, you are doing no one any favors by not giving direct feedback on performance early and often. Don't just leave it on the negative, though, give them something to work toward and steps to take to improve, and then be hands-on in helping them with that development (without doing their work for them). Do not avoid this.