These are the 4 surprising lessons I learned when I started managing people for the first time
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You’ll probably realize that you have more empathy for managers, and you might not realize what it was like not to have explicit power.
When I first moved into team management from product management, I quickly learned that managing people is very different than managing a product. As it turns out, people are complicated. I had the wrong expectations about what it would take to be a good manager, something I’m sure many people can relate to.