I did this journey at a company a long time ago. It was awkward because half of the original small team were relatively close friends of mine. They stayed in IC roles, while I ended up being more and more (tech) managerial, eventually two levels up from them.
It both worked and didn't work. I ended up not spending much time with them, because they were never really the people needing attention/help/scaling. In retrospect I should have spent more time with them, "even though" they were the best functioning ICs. It's incredibly hard when you're being pulled in what feels like hundreds of different directions, though.
It both worked and didn't work. I ended up not spending much time with them, because they were never really the people needing attention/help/scaling. In retrospect I should have spent more time with them, "even though" they were the best functioning ICs. It's incredibly hard when you're being pulled in what feels like hundreds of different directions, though.