The Identity Crisis of Becoming a Manager

Mon, 20 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The day I officially became a manager, I still wrote code. The day after that, I still wrote code. For weeks, I kept writing code, attending the same standups, reviewing the same PRs, and fitting “management stuff” into the gaps. It took me an embarrassingly long time to realise that I hadn’t actually changed what I was doing. I’d just added a new title to the old job.

That’s the trap, and nearly everyone falls into it.

Ic-to-Manager on guy@secdev.uk

The Identity Crisis of Becoming a Manager