M A N A G I N G & L E A D I N G A M A C H I N E L E A R N I N G T E A M : H O W I S I T D I F F E R E N T F R O M B E I N G A N I N D I V I D U A L C O N T R I B U T O R ? — Gabriela de Queiroz Sr. Engineering & Data Science Manager/Developer Advocate Founder of R-Ladies @gdequeiroz | www.k-roz.com | gdq@ibm.com
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I N D I V I D U A L C O N T R I B U T O R M A N A G E R 5
My career path: Sr. Developer Data Scientist/ Lead Data Statistician Advocate Lead Data Data Scientist Scientist Scientist (Data/AI/ML) Jun 2018 6
Few months later … Have you thought of becoming a manager ? 7
lateral move Individual Contributor Manager two career paths 8
The Questions 9
Questions that came up: -Is that the right path for me? -Am I going to become less technical? -Will my day-to-day be full of bureaucracy? -Am I going to be stuck on this path forever? -What about if I don’t like this? -Do I have the skills to succeed? -Am I going to be able to keep my work/life balance? @gdequeiroz | www.k-roz.com | gdq@ibm.com
Before saying yes,do your homework 11
- Talk to other people who made the same transition - Talk to people from your company and from different companies - Find online resources (books, talks, podcasts) - Think about some case scenarios (and worst case) - How do you feel about not being on control? - How do you feel about delegating tasks? - How would you feel about firing someone? - What about if someone leaves the team?
And then you said yes … 13
The Mindset Change 14
It is not about you anymore 15
It is all about your team 16
The Challenges 17
You will be spending less time coding than ever before (and you should be ok with that) 18
You will have a calendar full of meetings 19 this is not my calendar but my calendar is very similar
Your work and impact will be measured differently (being an IC is easier to measure the impact) 20
You are responsible for others, for their satisfaction , for their performance and happiness 21
This is entirely a new job (new skills, new challenges, new imposter syndrome) 22
How to be a great manager? 23
Have a clear vision and strategy for the team 24
Help your employees with career development 25
Turn one person’s particular talent into performance 26
Make sure they have the tools and support to succeed 27
Understand that each person is different and has different needs 28
Lessons Learned 29
Find someone to mentor and guide you 30
Take time to understand what your team needs 31
Take time to bond with your team 32
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Remember that by empowering others, you succeed 34
Have some ME TIME (block your calendar!) 35
Resources that helped me + Friends & Network 36
THANK YOU! R L A D I E S . O R G K - R O Z . C O M @ R L A D I E S G L O B A L @ G D E Q U E I R O Z INFO@RLADIES.ORG GDQ@IBM.COM 37
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