Why is the transition from IC Engineer to Manager so tricky (and how to get it right)? — Marcel Weekes, VP of Product Engineering at Figma
May 25, 2023•1 hr•Ep 95•Transcript available on Metacast Episode description
Our guest today is Marcel Weekes, VP of Product Engineering at Figma and former VP of Engineering at Slack.
In today’s conversation, he unpacks why most startups get it wrong when they uplevel someone from IC engineer to eng manager and unfurls what stellar engineering management looks like at high-growth companies, including:
Setting appropriate expectations and goals
Turbocharging the team’s effectiveness
Delivering high-impact feedback
Going from a peer to a manager
What leaders risk when they drag their heels on managing out low-performers
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