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The Identity Shift Nobody Warns You About: Moving from Engineer to Manager
You were good at your job. Really good. You solved hard problems, wrote clean code, built reliable systems, and earned the respect of your peers. So they promoted you. And then everything changed. Suddenly the problems are different. The metrics are different. The feedback loop - once tight and satisfying - is now slow, ambiguous, and deeply human. You're no longer measured by what you build. You're measured by what your team builds. And that distinction, as simple as it soun
Bobby Sparks


How to Substitute Curiosity for Fear (and Make It Stick)
When I went through my process of becoming a coach, I decided to focus my work on life’s transitions. My initial motivation was my own...
Bobby Sparks
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The Identity Shift Nobody Warns You About: Moving from Engineer to Manager
You were good at your job. Really good. You solved hard problems, wrote clean code, built reliable systems, and earned the respect of your peers. So they promoted you. And then everything changed. Suddenly the problems are different. The metrics are different. The feedback loop - once tight and satisfying - is now slow, ambiguous, and deeply human. You're no longer measured by what you build. You're measured by what your team builds. And that distinction, as simple as it soun
Bobby Sparks
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How to Substitute Curiosity for Fear (and Make It Stick)
When I went through my process of becoming a coach, I decided to focus my work on life’s transitions. My initial motivation was my own...
Bobby Sparks
3 min read
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