So at the high level, I never really wanted to be a manager. I took on the managerial job because of a combination of thinking that management capacity was an important bottleneck in EA, and believing locally that my new team could pursue important high-impact projects (I still believe both things). But I don’t think I’m an unusually good fit for management, and it certainly did not make me happy.
I think I (with the help of many others) was able to build out a strong and capable team in 2022, though our outlook and direction had to change significantly as a result of events in late 2022 (see elaboration here).
In recent months, I was/am going through some health problems and other personal stuff and could thus not devote as much time as I would like to team management, so we decided that the team would be higher impact if I focus on projects with lower time commitments and consistency requirements.
So at the high level, I never really wanted to be a manager. I took on the managerial job because of a combination of thinking that management capacity was an important bottleneck in EA, and believing locally that my new team could pursue important high-impact projects (I still believe both things). But I don’t think I’m an unusually good fit for management, and it certainly did not make me happy.
I think I (with the help of many others) was able to build out a strong and capable team in 2022, though our outlook and direction had to change significantly as a result of events in late 2022 (see elaboration here).
In recent months, I was/am going through some health problems and other personal stuff and could thus not devote as much time as I would like to team management, so we decided that the team would be higher impact if I focus on projects with lower time commitments and consistency requirements.
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