The transition from individual contributor to engineering manager is hard. We spend years honing the skills we need to be good developers, only to discover that we need totally different tools to be good leaders. It's like starting our careers from scratch.

We'll talk about what's scary about managing a team. How do you handle developers who are smarter than you? How do you empower them and keep them engaged in an imperfect environment? And how do you keep your own career on track, continue to develop your technical skills and live with the understanding that if the team fails, you fail?

We'll also discuss solutions. How do you put aside these fears, become fierce and deal with leading?