Ask HN: Any Resources for Starting as Manager?

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Post by kuu » Mon, Jan 13, 2020, 8:24 AM UTC

I'm a data scientist and I've been promoted to team leader of our data science team. We're only 3 people and so far I only have knowledge by my experience with my own managers.

Could you recommend me some books or blog posts which talk about managing a team? I'm open to any angle, from technical to more human point of view. I want to expand my knowledge.

Thanks

Re: Ask HN: Any Resources for Starting as Manager?

#2

Post by Tom_Dau » Mon, Jan 13, 2020, 8:37 AM UTC

coursera and udemy have plenty

Re: Ask HN: Any Resources for Starting as Manager?

#3

Post by chadcmulligan » Mon, Jan 13, 2020, 9:35 AM UTC

Harvard Business Review has a lot of resources

Re: Ask HN: Any Resources for Starting as Manager?

#4

Post by machtesh » Mon, Jan 13, 2020, 10:12 AM UTC

We wrote this post which sums up what we've learned coaching managers.

https://blog.leadingup.co/almost-everything-weve-learned-in-...

Books or blog posts can be helpful, but if you really want to become an amazing leader, getting a coach is the way to go. (All the well known leaders have coaches, why not you?) https://leadingup.co/

Re: Ask HN: Any Resources for Starting as Manager?

#5

Post by brudgers » Mon, Jan 13, 2020, 2:02 PM UTC

Understand the difference between managing and supervising.

https://hr.berkeley.edu/node/3818

Re: Ask HN: Any Resources for Starting as Manager?

#6

Post by gshdg » Mon, Jan 13, 2020, 2:21 PM UTC

The Manager’s Path, by Camille Fournier.