Are you an engineer, or a manager, or an engineer-formerly-a-manager, or vice versa? All of the above?

Do you fear getting trapped in management when your skills get rusty? Do you long for the chance to manage a team, but feel you've been consistently passed over? Do you crave advancement and impact, and resent that only managers seem to get career progression?

How can you convince your org to stop treating management like a promotion instead of a career change?

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We all grapple with these issues, especially as senior contributors. This event presents a rare opportunity to process questions like these (and more!) with your wise and experienced peers, in small, focused and lightly facilitated discussion groups. Remember, your career is your responsibility.

Schedule:

• 6:30 pm - Doors open
• 6:50 pm - "Management for Anarchists", by Charity Majors
• 7:00 pm - "Lightning Talk 2", by ?
• 7:10 pm - Vote on discussion topics
• 7:20 pm - 30-minute facilitated discussion
• 7:50 pm - Present findings to the group
• 8:00 pm - Shuffle!
• 8:00 pm - 30-minute facilitated discussion
• 8:30 pm - Present findings to the group
• 8:35 - Socialize!

Seats are limited. Reserve now.

Practitioners only, mid-level to senior; no recruiters allowed.

Inspired by the reaction to the Engineer-Manager Pendulum and followup article, which you may wish to read beforehand.