Office Hours – Becoming a leader with Ankita Kulkarni from This Month in React

Office Hours – Becoming a leader with Ankita Kulkarni

47 minutes Posted Mar 14, 2023 at 8:44 pm.

] Being laid off as a bittersweet opportunity

] Building databases at IBM and doing freelance web dev on the side

] New appreciation for coworkers after freelancing

] Getting her first management opportunity

] Leadership vs management

] Intrinsic motivation and finding a team that supports your goals

] Developer to Leader program

] How do you recognize a good leader?

] Teams as a group of individuals

] Psychological safety in software teams

] Having empathy as a leader

] Serving those you lead

] Spotting burnout as a leader

] Setting the tone on a team

] Proactively setting team norms

] Prioritizing your own growth as a leader

] The value of informal chats

] Soft skills in your career

] How to get a taste of the management track

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Ankita Kulkarni is an engineer manager and educator with more than 10 years of experience as a software engineer, now teaching developers about the transition into management.

When Ankita became a manager, she had to find mentors to help her learn the subtle intricacies of being a successful manager. Now, she’s taking what she learned and teaching developers about what that transition looks like, and how to decide if that’s how you’d like to further your career.

- @kulkarniankita9: https://twitter.com/kulkarniankita9

- @vcarl_: https://twitter.com/vcarl_

- @reactiflux: https://twitter.com/reactiflux

Links referenced:

1. Engineering manager's mind map: https://bit.ly/3J7HzVC

2. Developer to Leader Program Waitlist: https://bit.ly/3Lb1Zj5

3. KulkarniAnkita.com: https://bit.ly/3ZyDYak

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