How to be a Boss Without the B-S
summary
Career change into management means swapping solo coding for responsibility for people, schedule, budget and scope; concrete skills taught include communication (tuning messages to engineers, sales, execs), delegate and coach instead of micromanage, risk management and basic budgeting for constrained “colors of money,” hiring/retention and firing processes, and using soft power over hard power to get buy-in. Practical tips: try leading projects first, find a mentor, stay technical via code reviews or low-risk fixes, PMP is optional, expect ongoing learning.
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chapters (14)
- 0:00Start
- 0:35Things I'll Talk About
- 0:59Things I Won't Talk About
- 1:54Jessie Link
- 3:06Reasons to do it
- 5:46As a boss you are responsible for
- 6:05You should...
- 8:54Communication
- 12:12Delegation
- 14:57Coaching
- 18:51Courage
- 22:41Project Management
- 24:55Administrative/Financial
- 27:48Moving into Management
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