How timely! I started reading The Magic Mountain in the fall…and I am still reading it. Unfortunately, there is a spoiler in this article, but I am close to finishing it.
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As a parent of a daughter who loves baseball more than anything else, we are letting her passion guide her, even though it is a remote possibility she will become the professional baseball player she wants to be. The opportunities that are opening up for her, and the life skills and lessons she is learning wouldn't have the same impact if we were trying to steer her in a direction that wasn't of her choosing. The lesson she has learned early, and one I wish I had learned earlier, is if the worst thing that can happen is someone will say "no" then there is no reason not to try.
Patience. Remember you are both on the parenting journey together, but mothers and fathers will do things differently.
Take care of your partner. Postpartum depression is a very real concern and is difficult with new mothers already wondering if they are “doing it right.” She especially will get no shortage of advice. You and she know what’s best for your baby. And if you have a question, don’t hesitate to call your pediatrician or even the maternity ward.
As someone else said, make time for you and your partner. If you have family nearby, take advantage of that support system however you can. We moved away from all of our family and friends when we had two very young children, so if you are in a similar situation my first note about patience is even more important.
Finally, the cliché that kids grow up too fast is very true so enjoy the journey, embrace the mistakes. You only get to hold them for so long.
That is all commendable but none of that tells me if I can work with you. When I interview candidates I use whiteboarding as a collaborative opportunity to see how the interviewee thinks. I treat it as a similar experience when I am the one being interviewed, which is why I have never understood the hostility toward whiteboarding. How else in the limited window of time that is the interview can I learn as much about the people I would be working with?
Adam Neely recently did a great analysis of 'Hey Joe' that goes pretty deep into this stuff https://youtu.be/DVvmALPu5TU
This seems too dismissive on Tesla's part. If I am looking to add this option, and I am expected to be just as vigilant with Autopilot engaged as with it not engaged, why bother?
It's a bit extreme outright dismiss an inspector just because they are recommended by your own agent (there is no reason whatsoever to even ask the selling agent for such advice). After all, you've hired them for their expertise and advice, and they see and know a lot more home inspectors than you. Of course, look at the recommended inspectors and do your own homework, like anything else. But if you can't trust your agent to recommend an inspection I question why you are working with them in the first place.
This article would be more compelling if he explored (or at least mentioned) the existing mechanisms for leveraging his home's value (e.g. cash out refinance and HELOCs) and why they don't meet his needs. Instead, he wants to sell fractional ownership and control of his home?
It isn't clear exactly what your role entails, but in my opinion it is pretty much impossible to be a great manager and continue in a role as a technical contributor. To me that's more a technical lead than a manager, so if you still like writing code you need to think about that long and hard. Your #1 responsibility is the success of your team and they need to know you are there for them 100%, and not busy buried in code. There are times when you may be able to get your hands dirty but you can be nowhere near the critical path of the project.
You also have to remember you are not only managing your direct reports but who you report to and whomever is relying on your team. In my case, I reported to a VP but I also had to work laterally with other development managers, and in particular project managers that weren't always technical. Just like as an individual contributor you need to maintain a healthy relationship with those you work with directly because you need to balance what they need and want from your team with what your team needs and wants.
That being said, I lasted in management for a little over a year, mostly because the role evolved and due to some changes at the top where I didn't feel I was enabled to be an effective manager. Still, I found the experience invaluable as it gave me more insight into how to better work with people of all stripes. Like any role, technical or otherwise, you have to constantly evaluate what you are getting out of it, if you enjoy it, and if you want to continue bettering yourself in the craft.