This content originally appeared on Website and blog of Front-end developer and web designer, Dan Davies and was authored by Dan
A year ago, I took up a management role within the agency, a role I thought was what I wanted and had spent 20 years working towards. I’d worked long hours, sacrificed evenings and weekends but I felt I had reached the pinnacle of what I could achieve.
Today, I am no longer in that role and I couldn’t be happier.
Let’s start off first by saying this isn’t a negative post or an attack on the role or the agency. It was a role that at the time seemed the right thing to do. I have spent years wanting to be in such a position but over time, it was clear that I suck at management and that management wasn’t a good use of the skills I spent 20 years acquiring.
All the years I spent learning about design and development and I wasn’t really designing anymore. Not really what I planned but it felt like that was the only way of moving up in the world.
Sure, I had different problems to look at and new skills to learn but fundamentally, I stopped doing what I was pretty good at. I thought management would be the crowning moment of a career I worked hard at but actually it was too much of a sideways step that just didn’t suit me or my personality to the point where I failed and I failed those around me.
I wrote last year or so about how leadership and management are two different things and that you don’t need to be a manager to be a leader. Those words couldn’t be more true. I feel like I can be more effective as a leader of design than a manager and that’s ok. Like I said, this is really about me and my journey and doesn’t reflect others whatsoever. I am lucky to have a chance to focus on the things I am good at, 20 plus years good experience of. I suck at management but I don’t suck at the other stuff.
This content originally appeared on Website and blog of Front-end developer and web designer, Dan Davies and was authored by Dan
Dan | Sciencx (2023-05-30T12:18:23+00:00) I suck at management. Retrieved from https://www.scien.cx/2023/05/30/i-suck-at-management/
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