https://keithkeekw.github.io/tags/technical-manager/ Recent content in Technical-Manager on Keith Kee KW Hugo en-us Sun, 26 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0800 https://keithkeekw.github.io/posts/2026-07-26-new-technical-manager-manual/ Sun, 26 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0800 https://keithkeekw.github.io/posts/2026-07-26-new-technical-manager-manual/ <p>You just became a technical manager. Congratulations — and good luck.</p> <p>Nobody hands you a manual when you get promoted. One day you fix things. The next, you&rsquo;re responsible for the people who fix things — plus the process, escalations, headcount planning, and the emotional wellbeing of a team that expects you to have answers.</p> <p>The skills that got you promoted — technical depth, personal output, being the go-to fixer — are not the skills that will make you successful as a manager. You need a different toolkit. This is the manual I wish I had.</p>