A Reluctant Leader: How I Embraced the Role I Never Wanted

Becoming a manager: Should I pursue it? How to become an effective people leader? Why would I trade coding for a life largely of meetings and navigating human dynamics? These are common questions regularly posed by software engineering leaders, including myself, as well as those contemplating their next step. I wanted to share a few personal insights and experiences, shedding light on my journey into leadership and how it was something I originally had absolutely zero interest in pursuing. While I don’t believe there is any definitive playbook or checklist, I hope some of it may resonate with those considering a future in leadership or perhaps serve as food for thought for those who may have ruled it out the same way I had. Like all kids, I knew I wanted to grow up and work with computers from a young age. Forget footballer, rock star, or doctor, a life spent bathed in the flicker of CRT monitors and the whir of a CPU fan cooling a machine 100 times the size and fraction the power of the phone in your pocket today; that was where it was at! <a href="https://betterprogramming.pub/a-reluctant-leader-how-i-embraced-the-role-i-never-wanted-6b36c481ce09">Learn More</a>