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Lenny's Podcast · February 2, 2023 · 75m
Becoming a great manager | Julie Zhuo
Julie Zhuo on the transition from individual contributor to manager. The hardest part: your identity shifts from 'person who does great work' to 'person who enables great work in others.' The making of a manager is the unmaking of a craftsperson.
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Canon
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Zhuo: the hardest part of becoming a manager is that your true self (the craftsperson, the designer, the builder) must give way to a new identity (the enabler, the coach). It feels like losing yourself.
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Zhuo: the moment management clicked was when she realized her meaning came not from shipping designs but from being responsible for other people's careers. The responsibility for human development is deeper than the responsibility for product features.
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