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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

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How to Find an Outstanding Engineering Manager

How would you go about figuring out if there was someone in the team that could grow into a really exceptional engineering manager? This is a great question because it comes down in part to evaluating talent, but also helping to evaluate motivations. Asking a series of questions can really help both the person you're asking as well as the person doing the evaluation.

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