something i’ve noticed over time. a lot of really bright engineers, top colleges, strong technical chops, struggle badly once they move into management roles, not because they’re dumb, but because people management is a completely different skill set. writing great code ≠ leading humans. logic doesn’t always work on emotions, incentives, egos, or burnout and yet we keep promoting the best individual contributors into roles that are 80% about people.
wdyt? is this a training problem, a personality mismatch, or just how careers naturally break?