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·Cohort-based Course
Learn skills and competencies to grow beyond Senior Engineer and thrive in a lead role (Team Lead, Tech Lead (Staff), Engineering Manager).
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6 people enrolled last week.
4.9
(10 ratings)
10 Days
·Cohort-based Course
Learn skills and competencies to grow beyond Senior Engineer and thrive in a lead role (Team Lead, Tech Lead (Staff), Engineering Manager).
This course is popular
6 people enrolled last week.
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Course overview
As engineers, we are used to having things in our control - the outcome of the task normally depends on our implementation.
Growing from senior engineer to a lead role requires a mindset shift. You become a multiplier for the team and helping others around you becomes one of the main priorities. You are not judged by your individual contribution anymore. The overall success of the team and projects is what becomes important.
We will define the difference between engineering lead roles (1st week):
- Overview of career paths and different options available + what you can expect
- My personal recommendation for which may be the right fit for you
- Main differences between Tech Lead, Team Lead and Engineering Manager
We will define the exact steps you need to take to grow toward a lead role (1st and 2nd week):
- How to build credibility in the engineering industry
- How to let your manager know about your goals and aspirations
- How to keep a brag list of all the wins that you achieve
- How to become the go-to person or considered an expert in a certain engineering domain
- How to manage up as an engineer
- How to become a team player and a great engineer to work with
- How to become business and product-minded engineer
- Real world examples on how Gregor and others have grew from engineers to lead roles
We will define the details to help you thrive in a lead role (2nd week):
- Mistakes that Gregor has made as a first time manager
- How to manage your time
- How to have great 1:1 meetings
- How to give feedback
- How to create a great engineering culture
- How to do hiring
- How to build engineering teams
- How to make decisions and resolve conflicts between engineers
10 exercises that will help you to apply your learnings immediately:
- Build your pros and cons list to help you with path selection
- Become a credible engineer
- Tell your manager about your goals and aspirations
- Note down all the wins that you have achieved
- Become the go-to engineer
- Prepare your list of questions to ask before making your next technical decision
- Optimize and manage your time
- Fill in the agenda for the next 1:1 meeting
- Checklist for a great engineering team or organization
- Create a job brief for your next hire
Bonus:
1. You'll receive 14 guides and templates (worth 210$) to help you to grow past senior engineer and thrive in a lead role.
- Engineering Career Path Guide
- Behavioral Interview List of Questions
- Notion Template: Technical Specification
- Notion Template: Incident Retrospective
- Notion Template: Job Brief
- Notion Template: 1:1 Meeting
- Notion Template: Checklist for Great Engineering Organization
- Notion Template: Hiring Board
- Notion Template: Technical Strategy
- Notion Template: List of questions to ask before making a technical decision
- Notion Template: List of Achievements
- Notion Template: Become a go-to person
- Notion Template: Tell your manager about your goals and aspirations
- Notion Template: Career Growth Plan
2. You'll receive a yearly subscription to the Engineering Leadership newsletter (worth 100$) (if you are already a paid subscriber, you’ll receive this course at a discounted price).
3. A LOT of other materials for self-study and to learn further!
All of the actionable insights from this course are based from Gregor's experience growing from Senior Engineer to Lead roles (Team Lead to Engineering Manager to Head of Engineering to VP of Engineering to CTO) and through countless successful projects + his network of professionals across various of different fields and disciplines.
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Senior Software Engineers who wish to learn the competencies needed to grow and thrive in the Lead role (Tech Lead (Staff), Team Lead, EM).
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Ambitious Software Engineers that want to level up and get to know all the skills needed in order to grow and thrive in a lead role.
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Everyone in the engineering lead role who wishes to thrive in the role or help their reports with actionable steps towards a lead role.
You'll know the exact differences between engineering lead roles
You'll know what are the key differences between the Team Lead, Tech Lead (Staff), Engineering Manager. I will also share my personal recommendation which may be the right fit for you.
You'll know the exact path you wish to take for your next step in your career
Whether that is the Tech Lead (Staff), Team Lead, Engineering Manager or Architect. You'll know which path is right for you.
You'll know the exact steps you need to take to grow toward the engineering lead role
You'll get actionable steps for you to work on to grow toward the lead role. We will also go through real-world examples of how I and others have grown to a lead role.
You'll know the details to help you thrive in the engineering lead role
You'll learn and understand how to adjust your mindset and focus on good communication and team alignment. I'll be sharing also the mistakes I made as a first-time manager.
You'll get 13 guides and templates, a free paid subscription, which will give you access to a LOT of resources for self-study
13 guides and templates to help you grow and thrive in the lead role. Free yearly access to the Engineering Leadership newsletter and a LOT of other resources for you to learn further.
8 interactive live sessions
Lifetime access to course materials
19 in-depth lessons
Direct access to instructor
10 projects to apply learnings
Guided feedback & reflection
Private community of peers
Course certificate upon completion
Maven Satisfaction Guarantee
This course is backed by Maven’s guarantee. You can receive a full refund within 14 days after the course ends, provided you meet the completion criteria in our refund policy.
Senior Engineer to Lead: Grow and thrive in the role
Week 1
Sep 10—Sep 15
Events
Tue, Sep 10, 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM UTC
Tue, Sep 10, 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM UTC
Thu, Sep 12, 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM UTC
Thu, Sep 12, 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM UTC
Modules
Week 2
Sep 16—Sep 19
Events
Tue, Sep 17, 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM UTC
Tue, Sep 17, 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM UTC
Thu, Sep 19, 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM UTC
Thu, Sep 19, 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM UTC
Modules
Bonus
Modules
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Richard Donovan
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CTO and Author of Engineering Leadership newsletter (70k+ subscribers)
Gregor is an engineering leader with over 10+ years of experience in the engineering industry.
He has a passion for solving complicated problems with innovative concepts. Loves learning about new technologies, sharing his knowledge and teaching others.
With over 100k followers across all the social platforms, he is helping a lot of people to become great engineering leaders.
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3-5 hours per week over 2 weeks
Tuesdays & Thursdays
5:00pm - 6:30pm CET, 11.00am - 12.30pm EST, 8.00am - 9.30am PST
September 10, 12, 17 and 19 2024
Highly interactive sessions.
Optional Q&A
After every session.
Active hands-on learning
This course builds on live workshops and hands-on projects
Interactive and project-based
You’ll know exactly what is the next step for your career
Learn with a cohort of peers
Join a community of like-minded people who want to learn and grow alongside you
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