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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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The Root Cause of Failure in Management

There is a class of people who get into it for the wrong reason. There's probably a few other reasons that you've noticed as well, but I think part of it is desire and the other part is capability. It's often the case that there are skill gaps to being an effective manager. But ultimately, management's a hard job. And it's not without challenge.

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