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In this 28-minute conference talk from LeadDev San Francisco 2022, learn about the critical factors that determine a new manager's success. Discover how management success depends on two key elements: spotting skillset fit and cultivating habitat fit. Follow along as Javier Cardenete Morales explains that an engineer's transition to management relies not just on their potential managerial abilities, but also on their environment—including direct reports, business domain, tech stack, stakeholders, and most importantly, their own manager. Understand why managers of managers must act as sherpas for new managers early in their journey before eventually stepping back to coordinate from a distance. Navigate the challenging journey of managerial development, with its traps, rough edges, and precipices, to better support engineers making this critical career transition.
