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Appraisal season is over, and you’ve just been promoted to manager level. Welcome to the land of back-to-back meetings, budget spreadsheets, and being the first to say “Great point!” during awkward silences.<\/p>

1<\/h3>

You are now the bridge between people who do the work and people who approve the work. <\/p>

\"Carmy
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2<\/h3>

You also now speak fluent jargon.<\/p>

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\"Natalie
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3<\/h3>

You thought you’d be fixing the world but you’re mostly fixing powerpoint presentations.<\/p>

\"Sydney
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4<\/h3>

You know that every pause after “Who can take this up?” is just the universe slowly pointing at you.<\/p>

\"Carmy
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5<\/h3>

When you’re suddenly the<\/em><\/strong> person in charge of an external partnership, and you realise your role just went from ‘support’ to ‘this is now all on you, good luck.’<\/p>

\"Uncle
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6<\/h3>

When the external partner asks for an update, and you’re like, “We’ll look into it,” knowing full well it’s just you and your trusty Google Doc.<\/p>

\"Carmy
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7<\/h3>

When a funder says, “We love how detailed your report is,” and you don’t mention the 47 back-and-forth emails it took to finalise the outcomes section. <\/p>

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\"Richie
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8<\/h3>

You find yourself in a strategy call saying things like “Let’s circle back once we’ve aligned on deliverables.”<\/p>

\"Tina
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9<\/h3>

When you’re neck-deep in reporting and discover a whole world of compliances, formats, and funder-specific logics, and finally understand why your manager always looked mildly haunted in March.<\/p>

\"Sydney
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