Re:How do you know it's time to do the next thing?
by Jtsummers on Thursday June 07, 2018 @04:39PM
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When you have realized your present goals or have new goals that cannot be achieved by what you're doing.
I greatly enjoy my day job as a developer. But my organization is floundering (aspects of my team need improvement, but also the multitude of others across the org). I want to improve it, I can't do it as a developer (alone). So I'm moving up closer to management (but doing my best to stay out of management proper) to a position where I can have more sway on decision makers, and advocate for the resources, training, and improvements the product producers need.
I have other goals with respect to learning and improving my craft as a developer, but they're slightly (just) lower priority than getting this organization to function better. And if I fail, I can at least say I tried. To pursue my developer craft goals, I'd need to leave this company. And I'm not ready to yet (I'd have to move, which is not something I'm ready for).
In the worst case, I tried. I learn something new about how management functions. How to be a leader. And that'll prepare me (success or failure) for my next role.
I greatly enjoy my day job as a developer. But my organization is floundering (aspects of my team need improvement, but also the multitude of others across the org). I want to improve it, I can't do it as a developer (alone). So I'm moving up closer to management (but doing my best to stay out of management proper) to a position where I can have more sway on decision makers, and advocate for the resources, training, and improvements the product producers need.
I have other goals with respect to learning and improving my craft as a developer, but they're slightly (just) lower priority than getting this organization to function better. And if I fail, I can at least say I tried. To pursue my developer craft goals, I'd need to leave this company. And I'm not ready to yet (I'd have to move, which is not something I'm ready for).
In the worst case, I tried. I learn something new about how management functions. How to be a leader. And that'll prepare me (success or failure) for my next role.