Software Career Bootcamp: The Realistic Engineering Manager

Welcome to Upskilling for Engineering Managers: Beyond Imitation, a one-hour course designed to help engineering managers enhance their skills and knowledge without simply imitating others. This course covers a wide range of topics and resources, from career transitions and mentoring to understanding the unseen priorities and potential pitfalls of engineering management.

Course Outline:

1. Course Overview
   • Introduction to upskilling for engineering managers
2. Career Transitions
   • Exploring potential career paths and opportunities for engineering managers
3. Mentoring and Management
   • Balancing mentoring and management responsibilities for your team
4. Reasons for Transition
   • Understanding the motivations behind career transitions in engineering management
5. 10 Unseen Priorities
   • Identifying the less-obvious but crucial priorities in engineering management
6. 5 Things to Avoid
   • Common pitfalls and mistakes to avoid in engineering management roles
7. Book Recommendations
   • Essential reading for engineering managers seeking to enhance their skills
8. People Management: Execution
   • Strategies for effective people management in engineering teams
9. Psychology
   • Purpose, Procedure, and Execution
10. Economics

• Purpose, Procedure, and Execution

11. Finance and Behavioral Finance

• Purpose, Procedure, and Execution

12. Evolution, History, and Philosophy

• Exploring the historical and philosophical context of engineering management

13. Non-Engineering Self-Learning

• Strategies for continuous learning outside of the engineering domain

14. Advertising and Marketing

• Purpose, Procedure, and Execution

15. Business Management

• Purpose, Procedure, and Execution

16. People Management: Principles and Processes

• Understanding the fundamentals of effective people management

By the end of this course, you’ll have a clear understanding of the skills, knowledge, and resources needed to excel as an engineering manager without simply imitating others. Enroll now and take the first step towards becoming a well-rounded, effective leader in the engineering world!