What I WISH I KNEW before becoming engineering manager

Becoming engineering manager was a huge thing for me and it set a new direction for my career, but there were a lot of things I hadn't considered before moving from development to management. In this video I share a few hard parts of being engineering manager and I explain what you can do to better prepare for this role. 🎥 Timeline: 0:00 Intro 0:31 No more teammates 2:13 No more coding 4:01 Social exhaustion 5:06 Uncomfortable situations 6:41 Loneliness 8:14 Building support group 9:38 Preparing to become a manager Make sure to check my other content for engineering managers: https://www.notonlycode.org/what-does... https://www.notonlycode.org/engineeri... https://www.notonlycode.org/engineeri... If you enjoy this kind of content, check out my website, 🌏 https://notonlycode.org, where I publish more in-depth articles about software development. As always, if you have any questions, suggestions or feedback, you can contact me: ✉️ email: [email protected] 🐦 Twitter: @GregoryWitek