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I highly recommend to improve your writing skills. You can start from here. http://www.covingtoninnovations.com/mc/WriteThinkLearn.pdf
i recommend poisoning the current project manager and offering to step in. when you are a manager you cannot afford the luxury of a consciousness so this is a great way to start!
Short chapters so you can read it in chunks, its entertaining and based on his experiences.
Included it in this list of start-up books I wrote ages ago but you've reminded me its worth re-reading - https://medium.com/@KatAlexPas/an-hour-and-a-half-a-day-of-r...
Or, do you mean programming manager? (i.e. less nitty gritty, more design, more delegation, presenting to higher ups)
The best project managers I've had have identified and removed obstacles for me (including things like - attending mandatory meetings, so the devs don't have to). Other good managers have also reigned in my ideas enough so that we implement what is attainable. Bad project managers have had an obsession with statistics, spreadsheets and tools like Jira. Most project managers I've had have been bad/indifferent, but wit…
Agree with not going overboard with stats and Jira. However being good with these tools to help measure velocity and improve the quality of estimates reduces the pressure on the team when clients plant the seeds of doubt that you've over estimated.
The best project managers I've had have identified and removed obstacles for me (including things like - attending mandatory meetings, so the devs don't have to). Other good managers have also reigned in my ideas enough so that we implement what is attainable. Bad project managers have had an obsession with statistics, spreadsheets and tools like Jira. Most project managers I've had have been bad/indifferent, but wit…
Remember that your manager is accountable to someone else higher up the chain. They don't know how dev works, but they want to see quantifiable progress. Statistics, spreadsheets, and tools like Jira are how that progress gets communicated. Like it or not, this is an essential part of the business.
I'm in a similar position at the moment. Basically what you want to do is ask for more responsibility from your PM, specifically to do work they'd normally do. Over time, that work will become part of your responsibilities. As you gain more confidence from doing those tasks, and as your team begins to recognize you moving away from programming and taking on more leadership, you'll put yourself in a good position to m…
Thanks, I think you are the lucky one. Our company got ~100 emp, but IT dept only got 2 backend(includ me), 1 frontend, 1 android, 2 ios.There is no one I can learn from,so,there is no real world practice or example.This is very common in China, just get things done, we got people.