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Want to stay technical as a manager? Stay curious

Effectively managing your team whilst retaining your technical know-how may seem like an impossible juggling act. But there are some things you can do to polish up your skills.
February 07, 2023

Effectively managing your team whilst retaining your technical know-how may seem like an impossible juggling act. But there are some things you can do to polish up your skills.

If you’re worried about becoming hands-off as a manager and losing your technical edge, I feel you. When it happened to me I felt the lack of hands-on, tangible experience with my team’s code very keenly, and went through a year of mourning and regret for the loss. 

Now, many years later, I‘ve managed to overcome the fear of losing my edge, and I am confident that I’ve successfully stayed technical through all these years of not writing code.

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