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I would say it entirely depends on what you want to do. Project manager, people manager, technical lead, and individual contributor are all separate career path
by build_products 8y ago
I would say it entirely depends on what you want to do. Project manager, people manager, technical lead, and individual contributor are all separate career paths -- but they can intertwine if you want them to. When I work with people on my team I take this approach:
1. Define what you want the end of your career to look like.
2. Next think about where you want to be in 1 year, 2 years and 5 years.
3. Identify skills which you can learn to help you achieve your goals for each time horizon.
4. Identify opportunities to develop those skills.
It's important to remember that your career and desire shift and that is OK. You should embrace that change.
- AnimalMuppet 8y agoProblem is, dark_lands doesn't have any basis for knowing what he/she wants to do. How do you know if you want to be a project manager, if you've not only never done project management, you've never even really seen project management? How, when you're just a few years out of school, do you know what you want the end of your career to look like? You don't have any basis for knowing that.