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?

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1. NEXT STEP:
   MANAGEMENT?
   Leah Vogel
   iOSDevUK 2022
   

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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
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   Many thanks!!
   Chris and Neil and all Staff @iOSDevUK
   

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3. 3
   ?
   

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4. $whoami
   Leah Vogel
   ⇻ Reads lots of books
   ⇻ Lots of kids
   ⇻ Lots of diverse work experience
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   Mos y Ha l
   

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5. AGENDA
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   MANAGEMENT:
   WHAT & WHY?
   CAREER PATHS
   HANDS-ON
   MANAGEMENT
   FINAL
   THOUGHTS
   

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6. 1.
   MANAGEMENT:
   WHAT & WHY?
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8. 8
   MANAGEMENT
   !=
   LEADERSHIP
   

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10. “
    Guides a team to execution
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11. “
    Guides a team to execution
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    ?
    WHY?
    

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    AHA!
    

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16. 2.
    CAREER PATHS
    

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17. A Career Path…
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    1 3 5
    6
    4
    2
    Junior
    Developer
    Senior
    Developer ?
    Mid-level Developer
    aka Developer
    ? ?
    

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19. The IC Path
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    1 3 5
    6
    4
    2
    Junior
    Developer
    Senior
    Developer
    Principal
    Engineer
    Mid-level Developer
    aka Developer
    Staff
    Engineer
    Distinguished
    Engineer
    

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20. The Management Path
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    1 3 5
    6
    4
    2
    Junior
    Developer
    Senior
    Developer
    Engineering
    Manager
    Mid-level Developer
    aka Developer
    Team Lead Senior
    Engineering
    Manager
    

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21. 21
    MANAGEMENT
    !=
    PROMOTION
    

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24. 3.
    HANDS-ON MANAGEMENT
    

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30. 4.
    FINAL THOUGHTS
    

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31. “
    No one retires being a software engineer
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32. “
    No one retires being a software engineer
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34. Career Matrix
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    CAPABILITIES
    KNOWLEDGE
    C A
    D B
    

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35. Career Matrix
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    CAPABILITIES
    KNOWLEDGE
    C A
    D B
    

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36. Career Matrix
    36
    CAPABILITIES
    KNOWLEDGE
    C A
    D B
    

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37. Career Matrix
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    CAPABILITIES
    KNOWLEDGE
    C
    D
    A
    B
    

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38. Career Matrix
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    CAPABILITIES
    KNOWLEDGE
    C
    D
    A
    B
    Comfort
    Growth
    

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39. YOU LOVE PEOPLE (AND PROCESSES)
    GET TRAINING AND SUPPORT
    YOU UNDERSTAND THE JOB DESCRIPTION
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    YOU CAN ALWAYS CHANGE YOUR MIND
    

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40. Thanks!
    Any questions?
    You can find me at:
    @leah_m_vogel
    linkedin.com/in/leahvogel
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