Eight Lessons Every Tech Manager Needs to Lead Brilliant Minds

Navigating the Transition From Colleague to Manager in the Tech World

Patricia Gestoso
Code Like A Girl
Published in
7 min readFeb 27, 2024

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My career as a people manager in tech started about 17 years ago. At the time, I was sent to a two-day course that was supposed to tell me everything I needed to know to manage people. Unfortunately, all that course told me was that my direct…

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