Important Work Life Lessons on How to Effectively Manage an Existing Engineering Team

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Asking questions is a core skill of great leaders, great leaders can help guide people to make better decisions, learn fast, and achieve goals. Building trust with the team is critical to your success. Don't assume too much too much and don't contribute code to the team. Ask the team's leaders to be partners instead of being a coach, look to them as partners. The goal is to become the foremost expert in the team’s code so you can empathize enough. Don’t be expected to keep up with the systems and the systems the team works.