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I was recently elevated to engineering manager at the company I work with. I've been wanting this opportunity for some time although the circumstances in which I got the title are not exactly what I pictured. I have spent some time thinking about previous managers I've had and what qualities (good & bad) they exhibited. Mostly looking to expand my knowledge and reflect on the kind of eng manager I want to be for my team.

I certainly do.

If I did not need to be saving money currently I think I would have left already. I honestly struggle through each day for the past one or two months or so. The work that has been given to be is a combination of tedious, non-challenging, and unrelated to what I initially hired to do. There was a time where I did some interesting things, but that was at least 6 months ago.

How do you change the situation? Or how do you cope with terrible work for an extended period of time?