The Important Thing

Author: Michael Lopp

The Important Thing with Michael ("Rands") Lopp and Lyle Troxell. Let's spend a few minutes of your life listening and learning about an Important Thing.
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The Promotion Paradox
Friday, 14 August, 2026

In our 101st episode, we kick off a new era of episode titles as your best engineer becomes the interim manager of their own team — delegation, one-on-ones, the three-year rule, a visit from Chili Palmer, the Cadillac of minivans salesman himself, and the only question that matters: do you actually want this job? Down the rabbit hole: Sometimes Your Job is to Stay the Hell Out of the Way, the wolves post Rands published the day this was recorded Sometimes Your Job is to Get in the Way, the direct response Get Shorty, home of Chili Palmer and the Cadillac of minivans Related Important Things episodes: EP 32: The One About 1:1s — the investment, not the cost EP 76: The One About Seven Managers EP 9: The One About Manager READMEs EP 20: The One About Management (Pt. 1) — plus Pt. 2 and Pt. 3