From IC to EM: A guide to stepping into the weird, wild world of management - Speaker Deck

From IC to EM: A guide to stepping into the weird, wild world of management

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@dankim | [email protected] From IC to EM A guide to stepping into the weird, wild world of management

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👋 About you

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😱 About me

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👴 22 years in tech

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🤖 -> 👨💼 Most recently

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❓ Why?

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❓ Why? No, seriously Dan, why?!

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🙃 It’s not a simple answer

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👩🏫 Being the change you want to see

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🧑🤝🧑 Impact through people

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😰 New challenges

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😰 Scary new challenges

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🤿 I dove into the deep end

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🛌 What does an EM do?

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☝👇👈👉 It depends on the company

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💆 Team and individual health

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📈 Career, growth, and performance

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🗺 Strategy and execution

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🔄 Retro

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🫣 What’s been challenging?

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🧽 You’re the sponge

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🏋 Maintaining a healthy team is hard

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😵💫 There is no management StackOverflow

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🐢 Slow, uncertain results

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🤠 What’s gone well?

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🤗 It’s immensely rewarding

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🏃 Rarely static, very dynamic

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💥 Broader exposure and impact

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🤝 Peer EM support

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❔ Questions to ask yourself

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☎ Help you make an informed call

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🏃 Why am I looking for a change?

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🤔 Is now the right time?

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🤗 What do I enjoy?

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😶🌫 Am I willing to give up coding?

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🫡 Still interested?

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✅ How to get started

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👀 Ask for EM-type work

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📓 Build your management storybook

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🕰 Your recent experience is an advantage!

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🤔 Read management books

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📚 Radical Candor by Kim Scott

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📚 Making of a Manager by Julie Zhuo

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🤚 Ask for help and feedback

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🫶 Be kind to yourself

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🤣 Email me

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🎀 A few final words

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🙇 Thank you