If you are good at what you do, at some point, someone will likely try to turn you into a leader/boss/manager. Somehow, that’s become the standard for “career progression”.

However, the thing that got you there isn’t the thing that’ll make you succeed. Sure, it helps, but there’s more to it. As a leader/boss/manager, your job changes - instead of just doing whatever it is that you are really good at, you now have to inspire and lead people. You have to manage things and admin becomes a necessary evil. You can’t always be the smartest person in the room anymore. Your new job is vastly different from your old one.

So, how do you manage that? In this talk, I’m going to give you some advice on dealing with this change.

I’ve been working in the tech industry for the past 13 years or so. At some point, someone decided that they should put me in charge of other people. This talk is about the lessons that I learnt in the process. I’ll also share useful resources that helped me on my journey.

Structure
5m - intro and background
20m - what it takes to lead people
10m - dealing with admin
10m - bad ideas to avoid
5m - questions and discussions