There are things that make managing engineers (of any level of experience!) harder at Monzo than elsewhere. The company is moving really fast and growing at an incredible rate. I often describe this as managing a group of engineers who are constantly experiencing the most challenging week of their careers.
I’m more convinced that in order to succeed in that environment, you need to be able to adopt a growth mindset. The thing that makes it easier to manager engineers at Monzo is that people tend to adopt this mindset by default. I’m managing engineers who’ve just left school or uni and others who have worked at tech giants like Amazon or Microsoft. In both cases, if they’re ready to learn new things and can reflect on their “failures” as opportunities to grow, my job is a whole lot easier 