Rising, Stumbling and Getting Up Again: Life as a Tech Manager on Web Rush #164

Andre Young talked with us about becoming a manager in tech, how to prepare for working in management, resources that have worked for him, how someone could get ready to become a manager, and communicating with your team and supervisors on larger projects.

Direct link to the episode.

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  episode: 164,
  title: 'Rising, Stumbling and Getting Up Again',
  topics: [ 
    'management', 'training', 'communication'
  ],
  guest: 'Andre Young'
  hosts: [
    'John Papa', 'Dan Wahlin'
  ]
};

Recording date: Dec 9, 2021

John Papa @John_Papa

Ward Bell @WardBell

Dan Wahlin @DanWahlin

Craig Shoemaker @craigshoemaker

Andre Young @Dreyoung79

Brought to you by

• AG Grid

• IdeaBlade

Resources:

• Andre Young on Web Rush - Old man yells at tests
• Sneaker Net
• Floppy disks
• Leaders need different skills to thrive in tech
• Resilient Management book by Lara Hogan
• The Managers Path book by Camille Fournier
• Measure What Matters book
• Workboard and OKRs
• How to run effective meetings
• Run effective meetings - Slack
• Run effective meetings - NY Times

Timejumps

• 01:28 Guest introduction
• 04:27 Becoming a manager in tech
• 06:52 Sponsor: Ag Grid
• 07:57 What's the advantages of being a tech manager?
• 08:51 Why be a people manager?
• 12:06 How do you prepare for management?
• 13:23 Any resources that worked for you?
• 17:13 Sponsor: IdeaBlade
• 18:09 How do people skills factor into management?
• 22:21 How would someone be ready for a leadership role?
• 27:29 How do you communicate with your team vs supervisors?
• 32:50 How do you make sure everyone's contributing to the same goal?
• 36:06 Final thoughts

Podcast editing on this episode done by Chris Enns of Lemon Productions.