Ask HN: Going from Developer to Manager. What should I know or learn?
I made the jump from developer to team lead, and all the advice here is great. One thing that I wasn&#x27;t prepared for and that I don&#x27;t see other people mentioning (on a cursory glance at the replies) is that your reward function for job satisfaction changes, and the feedback loop length changes.<p>By that, I mean that for me personally I derived most of my job satisfaction from solving tricky problems, fixing bugs and implementing features. I would get that reward daily, or at least several times a week. When you transition to management, your job satisfaction has to come from watching your team members grow, your project mature as bugs are fixed and releases are made. I would get that reward maybe every month, if not every few months.<p>I couldn&#x27;t handle such a long delay in the reward feedback loop - it made me miserable at work - so I transitioned back to development.<p>Just something to keep in mind as you contemplate the change.