The transition from technician (individual contributor) to leader can be a painful one. There is a lot of things to celebrate when you get promoted or get offered the job of a leader, you have made a great step in your career. Now what? Where do I start? What does success look like now?
In my own transition from full time developer to full time people leader…I struggled to find my worth, not only as a leader, but more generally as an employee. I had been good at writing code and completing projects…now I am in this spot where my only output is words and reviews. How am I providing value. Eventually after a long 6 months of frustration and pain, I realized that as a leader, your job is to build people and help them find the best versions of themselves. If you do that, they will crush work and find success…and so will you. People first, every. single. time.
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