Managing a team of rocket scientists doesn’t have to be rocket science—even if you aren’t one yourself.
Managing a team of rocket scientists doesn’t have to be rocket science—even if you aren’t one yourself.
I landed my first management position at an early-stage startup when I was just a year out of college. Whenever colleagues knocked on my door and I beckoned them in from behind my desk, it always felt like I was wearing one of my dad’s suits and just playing the part. That impostor feeling was never more acute, though, when a senior engineer would swing by to argue about something. It would go something like this:
