Five Things I've Learned As A New Manager At Google

Nine months ago, I became a people manager for my team of privacy engineers here at Google. Since then, I’ve learned a lot about what it takes to be a manager. As it turns out, there are some things that aren’t necessarily obvious when you step into a management role for the first time. Here are a few of the biggest lessons I’ve learned firsthand. It’s Okay Not To Know Everything Before I became a manager, I felt pretty secure in the knowledge that it wasn’t my job to know everyth...