Comment Re:Three things (Score 2, Insightful) 541
I would add
4) Know your people.
As someone who is currently in this role, I find that it is important to know the strengths and weaknesses of your employees. Some of my coders actually have very good people skills. I feel very confident that they can handle relating to the outside world. Others are not as socially savvy and need to be shielded from the outside world.
Some are very creative and free thinking and can take an idea and make it happen, while others need to have a well thought out plan before any coding can be done.
I am not saying that any one personality type is better than the other, but as a manager, you need to know how to get the best out of all of them.
5)Know you business
You should know some about the technical details of what you are doing. You should now a lot about the business that you are in. You need to have an intimate understanding of wht the business is expecting of your group, as well as where the business is going. You need to be able to filter that information and pass the relevenat bits to your technical people.
4) Know your people.
As someone who is currently in this role, I find that it is important to know the strengths and weaknesses of your employees. Some of my coders actually have very good people skills. I feel very confident that they can handle relating to the outside world. Others are not as socially savvy and need to be shielded from the outside world.
Some are very creative and free thinking and can take an idea and make it happen, while others need to have a well thought out plan before any coding can be done.
I am not saying that any one personality type is better than the other, but as a manager, you need to know how to get the best out of all of them.
5)Know you business
You should know some about the technical details of what you are doing. You should now a lot about the business that you are in. You need to have an intimate understanding of wht the business is expecting of your group, as well as where the business is going. You need to be able to filter that information and pass the relevenat bits to your technical people.
