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How to Manage Existing Engineering Teams

Accept that the team knows more than you The first step is to accept that you don’t know anything about this existing team’s domain. Next, remember what your job is. Your job is to help guide people to make better decisions, learn fast, and achieve goals. Not contribute code. Pay attention to how the team communicates. What are the relationships within the team? Who influences decisions? Whose voice is not heard? Your first step is to understand how this team works and how the people on it collaborate

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Published 6 May 2022, with 90 words.