From programming to management

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1. From programming to management
   Nikolay Stoitsev
   Engineering Manager @ Halo DX
   

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2. How to become a manager?
   Sr. Software
   Engineer
   

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3. How to become a manager?
   Sr. Software
   Engineer
   Expert
   

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4. How to become a manager?
   Sr. Software
   Engineer
   Tech Lead
   Expert
   

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5. How to become a manager?
   Sr. Software
   Engineer
   Tech Lead
   EM
   Expert
   

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6. What do managers do?
   

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7. ● Leadership
   ● Run 1:1
   ● Give Feedback
   ● Mentoring
   ● Coaching
   ● Motivation
   ● Performance
   Management
   ● Managing personal
   crisis
   ● Delegation
   ● Effective
   communication
   ● Servant leadership
   ● Conflict resolution
   ● Team structure
   ● Quality
   ● Onboarding
   ● Diversity and
   inclusion
   ● Hiring
   ● Delivery
   ● Agile, Project
   Management
   ● Vision
   ● Mission
   ● Strategy
   ● KPI
   ● Conflict Resolution
   ● Risk Management
   ● Stakeholder
   management
   ● Empathy
   ● Culture
   ● Alignment
   ● Promotions
   ● Budgeting
   ● Build vs Buy
   ● Managing up
   ● Release
   management
   ● Incident
   management
   ● Compensation
   ● Termination
   ● Team building
   

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8. Onboarding
   Giving effective feedback
   Mentoring
   Coaching
   1:1s
   Delegation
   Motivation
   Performance management
   Managing People
   

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9. Leadership
   Culture & Values
   Vision & Mission
   Conflict Resolution
   Making Decisions
   Hiring
   Team Structure
   Processes
   Diversity and Inclusion
   Risk Management
   Managing Teams
   

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10. Budgets
    PTOs
    Preparing offers
    Promotions
    Admin Work
    

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11. And you need to be
    technical
    

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12. It’s a different profession
    

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13. Good Engineer Good Manager
    

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14. Do you want to become a manager?
    

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15. You don’t need to be a manager to grow
    Intern
    Software
    Engineer
    Software
    Engineer II
    Sr. Software
    Engineer
    Engineering
    Manager
    Staff Software
    Engineer
    Director
    Principle
    Engineer
    VP
    Individual Contributor
    (IC) Ladder
    

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16. Simple Test
    https://medium.com/hackernoon/a-voight-kampff-test-for-identi
    fying-engineering-managers-bb8512c70857
    

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17. Do you care more about
    people or technology?
    …
    EM
    IC
    Tech
    Lead
    

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18. What is the career path of a
    manager?
    

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19. Management Growth
    https://medium.com/swlh/a-hierarchy-model-for-leadership-development-cee911071e4a
    Leading yourself
    Leading a team
    Leading a large team
    Leading an organisation
    Leading the
    company
    

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20. Manager Ladder
    EM EM
    Sr. EM
    Director
    VP
    CTO
    Director
    VP
    Sr. EM
    

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21. Leading managers
    Growing managers
    Long-term strategy
    Org Structure
    Broad communication
    Skip level 1:1
    Bigger Budget Planning
    Manager of Managers (MoM)
    

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22. ~100% MoM
    ~75% MoM
    ~25% MoM
    VP Eng
    Director of Eng
    Sr. Eng Manager
    ~0% MoM
    Eng Manager
    

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23. Director of Engineering
    ● Leads multiple big teams
    ● Leads long term technical and business solutions
    across the teams
    ● Able to create high performing team of Sr EMs or
    EMs
    

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24. Vice President of Engineering
    ● Leads teams across multiple domains each with
    their unique processes, priorities, and modes of
    operation
    ● Charts the future of the company
    ● The job is no longer the “what”
    

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25. Chief Technical Officer
    ● Very different in every company
    ● Aligns the engineering organisation with the rest
    of the orgs
    ● Able to create high performing team of VPs
    ● Responsible for all things tech
    

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26. Lessons Learned
    

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27. 0. It’s a new
    role with
    different skills
    

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28. 1. Be proactive
    about finding
    risks and
    managing them
    

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29. 2. Management
    is different in
    every org so
    make sure you
    know what it
    means in yours
    

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30. 3. Find good
    mentors
    

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31. 4. Build book
    knowledge
    

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32. 5. Regularly ask
    for feedback
    

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33. How to start the journey early on
    

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34. The Manager's Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and
    Change - Camille Fournier
    

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35. https://leadingsnowflakes.com/
    

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36. Challenge your teammates
    Mentorship
    Effective Communication
    … you pick yours…
    Start Practicing
    

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37. Thank you! Q&A
    Nikolay Stoitsev
    Engineering Manager at Halo DX
    Photos by Christina Morillo, Kelly L, Julia Larson, Andrea Piacquadio, RODNAE Productions, fauxels,
    S Migaj from Pexels
    

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