Next step: Management?

Deck of a talk I gave at iOSDevUK in 2022, addressing some questions most developers will face at some point in their career: do they want to be a manager? Is it inevitable?

Transcript

1. NEXT STEP: MANAGEMENT? Leah Vogel iOSDevUK 2022
2. Credits Special thanks to all the people who made and released these awesome resources for free: ▷ Presentation template by SlidesCarnival ▷ Photographs by Pixabay and Unsplash 2 Many thanks!! Chris and Neil and all Staff @iOSDevUK
3. 3 ?
4. $whoami Leah Vogel ⇻ Reads lots of books ⇻ Lots of kids ⇻ Lots of diverse work experience 4 Mos y Ha l
5. AGENDA 5 MANAGEMENT: WHAT & WHY? CAREER PATHS HANDS-ON MANAGEMENT FINAL THOUGHTS
6. 1. MANAGEMENT: WHAT & WHY? 6
8. 8 MANAGEMENT != LEADERSHIP
10. “ Guides a team to execution 10
11. “ Guides a team to execution 11
12. 12 ? WHY?
14. 14 AHA!
16. 2. CAREER PATHS
17. A Career Path… 17 1 3 5 6 4 2 Junior Developer Senior Developer ? Mid-level Developer aka Developer ? ?
19. The IC Path 19 1 3 5 6 4 2 Junior Developer Senior Developer Principal Engineer Mid-level Developer aka Developer Staff Engineer Distinguished Engineer
20. The Management Path 20 1 3 5 6 4 2 Junior Developer Senior Developer Engineering Manager Mid-level Developer aka Developer Team Lead Senior Engineering Manager
21. 21 MANAGEMENT != PROMOTION
24. 3. HANDS-ON MANAGEMENT
30. 4. FINAL THOUGHTS
31. “ No one retires being a software engineer 31
32. “ No one retires being a software engineer 32
34. Career Matrix 34 CAPABILITIES KNOWLEDGE C A D B
35. Career Matrix 35 CAPABILITIES KNOWLEDGE C A D B
36. Career Matrix 36 CAPABILITIES KNOWLEDGE C A D B
37. Career Matrix 37 CAPABILITIES KNOWLEDGE C D A B
38. Career Matrix 38 CAPABILITIES KNOWLEDGE C D A B Comfort Growth
39. YOU LOVE PEOPLE (AND PROCESSES) GET TRAINING AND SUPPORT YOU UNDERSTAND THE JOB DESCRIPTION 39 YOU CAN ALWAYS CHANGE YOUR MIND
40. Thanks! Any questions? You can find me at: @leah_m_vogel linkedin.com/in/leahvogel 40