Manager, leader or engineer? It’s a pendulum and a continuum
So you’ve been successful as a software engineer, and then as a manager. But you are still wondering almost daily which role is the “real you”? And how should you progress your career now?
You might have heard about the Engineer-Manager pendulum. But have you heard about the “Engineer-Leader-Manager continuum”?
Let me expand your mind of what is possible, and how to stay fresh and fulfilled in your work.
Who is this talk for?
Junior, intermediate, senior engineers, tech leads, dev/team leads who are thinking about progressing their careers.
Especially those who have either already experimented with ‘manager’ type roles and aren’t feeling entirely fulfilled, or those who are thinking about it but are worried that they might not like it.
What will attendees take away?
You will learn about new possibilities based on my actual experience, and (hopefully) feel encouraged to try something new and no longer feel ‘stuck’.
Originally from Germany, Barbara came to NZ in the late 90s with a degree of Political Science and some newspaper journalism experience in her pocket - because she wanted to live in a beautiful country with lots of nature where having horses is easy.
Deciding it was time for something new professionally she did a BSc in Computer Science in Christchurch and worked as a software engineer and tech lead in Wellington for many years, before switching into a variety of management roles.
In her free time she likes breeding and training horses for dressage. She now works as a Principal Engineer at Totara.
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