While transitioning from an individual role to a manager, your single most difficult hurdle would be to let go of the I.
- I want to code this…
- I want to design this…
- I want to build this…
- I want to do this…
That’s when you’re an IC.
When you move up. Let go of the I, and embrace we with a question (?)
- How can we (as a team) write better code?
- How can we design better?
- How can we deliver better?
- What would it take for the team to build this?
- What can we do to solve X problem?
Let go of the I and let the we in.