From Senior Developer to Manager: New Challenges and Growth

Hello everyone. This is Jeong Chae-sang 🙂

After that, he worked at Samsung Semiconductor Research Institute in the U.S., and since 2022, he has been working as a senior manager as a technology director at Banksalad in Korea , taught students at KAIST Graduate School of Management, and continues to play various roles in the field.

Among my many experiences, in this lecture, I would like to share what I learned and experienced while taking on the role of Manager and Leadership. Since it was a new challenge, there were many things I was worried about, but I gathered the content based on what I wish someone around me had done for me at the time.

From Senior Developer to Manager!

Entering

After I started doing well in my work and was recognized as a senior engineer, I started to think about what kind of challenges and growth opportunities would be next. As I worked in a team, I was given a role in dividing the work in the same direction as my colleagues. After the days when I could just do pure development, I felt challenged and a little scared to have to experience more of the world.

When I took a moment to look back, I thought that it was similar to following the development of technology around me, and that I was becoming a slightly different person as I got older. I also thought that when I first learned about computers, there was no Internet. I was grateful for the opportunity to be in the middle of such a drastic change, and I wanted to share a little story with my juniors who will be learning and creating new technologies for the next several decades.

What is a manager?

When a manager enters the role or job title of Engineering Manager, Project Manager, Product Manager, etc., the achievements of 00 in front of Manager become of great value.
For example, for a People Manager, the happiness and performance of his or her team members are of utmost concern.

This lecture was created with a focus on becoming a manager from a senior developer, but you will also see the virtues of a manager and the big picture of what needs to be done :)

Are there some big themes?

How did you put the contents together?

After working as a manager for over 15 years after being a developer, I have gathered the education I received about the challenges after becoming a senior developer, my practical experiences, and stories from colleagues I have shared my concerns with. I have organized the things that my friends who worked hard as managers needed, the memories of not being able to help them, and the things I would like to teach to new managers.

I recommend this to these people!

Will taking this course make any difference?

I hope that you can mentally prepare for the experiences you are currently experiencing or will experience in the future. And I hope that you will not hesitate to be a little more courageous. I hope that you will accept the role as a good tension that contains the expectations of the company, and that you will be able to convey the feeling of empathy and sympathy to focus on creating results together with your colleagues.

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