So You Want to be a Manager?
A comprehensive guide to help you decide if management is the right path for you. Explore the realities, challenges, and rewards of becoming a people manager.
About This Course
Making the transition from individual contributor to manager is one of the biggest career decisions you'll face.
This course will save you weeks or even months of research by providing information in a compiled and structured way!
The Big Question
Should you become a manager? This course helps you find the answer.
What You'll Discover
A honest look at management realities
This course doesn't sugarcoat the reality of management. Instead, it provides you with an honest, comprehensive view of what it really means to be a people manager.
You'll explore your motivations, understand what changes when you become a manager, and learn about the dual career ladder that exists in most tech companies.
By the end of this course, you'll have a clear understanding of whether management is the right path for you, or if you should continue excelling as an individual contributor.
This course is taught by Dima Maleev, an Associate Director of Engineering at Agoda with over a decade of experience building and leading tech teams.
Who Is This For?
This course is designed for professionals considering the management path.
Senior ICs
Senior individual contributors who are being offered management opportunities or considering the transition.
Tech Leads
Technical leads who want to understand the difference between technical leadership and people management.
Career Explorers
Anyone curious about management but unsure if it's the right career move for them.
Course Curriculum
A structured journey through the key questions and considerations of becoming a manager.
Everything you need to make an informed decision about your career path
So You Want to be a Manager
- Welcome
- Personal Journey
- Impossible Job
- Dual Ladder of Career
- Not All ICs are good People Manager
- Good Motivation
What Will Change?
- Alone
- What will Change?
- Expectations from the Role
- Your first Year
Why not to be a Manager
- Bad Motivations
- Should you try it in the end?
Course Details
3 hours of content
Video lectures & exercises
All levels
Pricing
It is now your turn to become a Successful Leader
Single Product
Complete access to all course modules for 1 year for learning at your own pace.
FEATURES INCLUDED:
The Community Package
or split pay w/ 2 monthly payments
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Don't leave your career path to chance. Get the clarity you need to make the right choice.