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Approach technical problems as a manager

Approach technical problems as a manager

From the course: Tech Career Skills: Moving from Developer to Engineering Manager

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Approach technical problems as a manager

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- When you were a sole contributor, you were responsible for your technical contributions to the team. Hopefully, you were tasked with doing no more than one person could comfortably produce. But as a manager, you're going to be called upon to help deliver solutions to technical problems that are larger and more complex than a single person could hope to solve. But that's okay. It's all okay. You have a team. In the same way say that a single player couldn't be expected to play all the positions in a baseball game. A single techie can't hope to solve some larger complex problems. Let's think of the managers role in approaching these large technical challenges as a coach working with their team. To begin a group effort for these large or complex technical challenges, you're going to first need to work with your team to scope this problem down and break it into manageable chunks. Then look around at your team, at…

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