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by young_hopper 1452 days ago
Thanks for the response, all great advice!

> Eventually we all recognized I was the team's manager

Yeah, definitely feels the same for me at the moment.

> I make sure everyone knows how much money we make, how much we spend, what our customers want, what techs we use, what I think we have as tech debt, etc...

I've been on a mission this last week or two to increase platform observability, especially how it relates to revenue impact. We've got a long ways to go, but I'm optimistic!

> I still do engineering work

Curious as to whether you experienced any friction wearing the multiple hats. I'll definitely be in this position, and I'm a little nervous that any development work I do, or code reviews I give will seem more dictator-like, which I think is antithetical to a high performing team. Maybe just strong communication here is the key as well.