I can't wait for hearing about your management experiences once it happens (imo it's a when, not 'if'). Will definitely interview you for Leading Developers 🙃
Having worked as a coach with Entrepreneurs, I'd wish someone would create a similar survey for entrepreneurs.
Back to managers though, I see the need to become a manager for career advancement a serious obstacle to the growth of specialists, as many get stuck on the management oath way too early, and forget their specialist background. This leads to a command and control and often lack of enough experience to lead other specialists. In software this is even more evident because of the rapid pace of tech evolution (frameworks, languages or even tech like AI).
Hope this leads to an upcoming "how to become a better tech lead" series of posts! 👌😉
I agree about the management focus too early being a problem, but there is also the opposite case - people feeling not confident enough to become managers (unfortunately from my experience it was mostly women). Being a better IC is an endless chase.
Loved the post and proof I should continue to explore the idea of becoming a manager 😄.
Thanks as well for the mention on my recent post ❤️
I can't wait for hearing about your management experiences once it happens (imo it's a when, not 'if'). Will definitely interview you for Leading Developers 🙃
I love this survey!
Having worked as a coach with Entrepreneurs, I'd wish someone would create a similar survey for entrepreneurs.
Back to managers though, I see the need to become a manager for career advancement a serious obstacle to the growth of specialists, as many get stuck on the management oath way too early, and forget their specialist background. This leads to a command and control and often lack of enough experience to lead other specialists. In software this is even more evident because of the rapid pace of tech evolution (frameworks, languages or even tech like AI).
Hope this leads to an upcoming "how to become a better tech lead" series of posts! 👌😉
Maybe you can build one for entrepreneurs :)
I agree about the management focus too early being a problem, but there is also the opposite case - people feeling not confident enough to become managers (unfortunately from my experience it was mostly women). Being a better IC is an endless chase.