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Leading A Team As An Introverted Engineering Manager Is Possible And Effective

It’s not about changing – just finding your game.

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Alex Ponomarev
Sep 22, 2025
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A tennis racket and ball lying on a tennis court.

As with most games, in tennis, you need to know the rules and the “systems” behind using the racket so the ball gets to the other side.

However, no matter how good you are, what the other side does in response remains a mystery until they finally send the ball back to your side, giving you maybe a second or two to respond and adapt.

This can be very chall…

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