Career Advancement

I know I’ve been quiet of late, but there’s a reason for that… I’ve become management! (cue ominous sounding music)

I’ve been considering a change of direction at work for a while now as I’d reached the stage where I was becoming bored in my job – I knew I could easily do everything that was asked of me. I’d considered (and indeed taken steps toward) moving into project management, but before I could go too far along that track my team leader decided she’d had enough and took an extended leave-of-absence. Her role was offered to me, and I decided to take the plunge.

I’ve been officially in my new role for a week now (although I’ve been doing for a week and a half as my predecessor wound down), and thoroughly enjoying it. It can be frustrating dealing with the politics, but I’m constantly occupied (which is a good thing) and learning a lot. I’m also relying on my team members a lot as there is no way I can do everything now – I suffered from an inability to delegate before mainly because I believed no-one else could do as good a job as me, but now I have no choice.

Hopefully this will also give me chance to step back from focusing on the tech that I required for my job (e.g. .NET) and focus on the stuff that actually interests me – something I’ve felt a lack of recently.