Career Mutation: A Panel on the Evolution to Management in Security
summary
Panelists describe concrete tactics for moving from engineer to manager: take management classes (Crucial Conversations, coaching), start practicing leadership now, and network for openings. They schedule bug hunting every other week, reserve days for team coaching vs. projects, and rotate an ops interrupts week for tedious tasks. Several report about 50% IC time in TLM roles, transitions after 6–9 months, and emphasize deliberate delegation, allowing failures, and using peer managers as support.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction and welcome
- 1:01Panelist introductions
- 6:21First question on missed opportunities
- 9:30Balancing management and technical work
- 13:19Learning to delegate and trust
- 16:28Advice for engineers managing managers
- 19:59Marketability of management careers
- 21:44Misconceptions about management
- 25:14Final advice for aspiring managers
- 27:46Q&A with the audience
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