15 Management essentials
This chapter covers
- Using AI in management tasks
- Establishing team policies and understanding benefits
- Fostering career development and growth
- Streamlining performance review processes
The role of a technical manager is unusually demanding, as it requires a combination of both managerial and technical skill sets. Often, organizations will promote their technical leads to the tech manager position. This transition can be challenging, and letting go of the tech-lead role they’re used to takes time. They also have a team to oversee and new managerial responsibilities to juggle. It’s a lot on their plate, and effective time management is necessary if they are going to succeed.
Other managers are very good at dealing with people and budgets but find understanding the tech side challenging. Team members are expected to keep up with tech that’s always changing, but it can be tough for a manager to stay on top of those changes along with handling their other responsibilities. There’s rarely enough time in a day to do everything they need to get done.