These are the 4 surprising lessons I learned when I started managing people for the first time
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.