A Week in the Life: A Manager's Perspective

The text discusses the transition from an individual contributor to a manager in a high-growth startup company. It highlights the challenges and changes that managers face, especially when balancing caregiving responsibilities. The author shares their weekly schedule as a manager of the developer marketing team, emphasizing consistency, one-on-one meetings, ad-hoc meetings, no-meeting days, all-hands meetings, and focus time for tasks. They also mention the importance of asynchronous communication and finding balance between work and personal life.