Almost as soon as I mused on What I Want to Be When I Grow Up, one of those paths found me. After a week of scrum training, my manager did a quick, quiet poll of the team, and ratified their vote for me as scrum master.
The fact that this was largely peer-driven makes it a bit more meaningful; certain skills are often only truly appreciated by other techies, and it’s nice that they trust me to keep management from meddling too much with their day to day development activities. It also plays to my desire to have a broader view and influence in the projects I work, and the provides the enjoyment that comes from mentoring in various forms.
My concern of losing hands-on technology time has only partially been realized; I’m still being tapped for some development work, though administrative matters seem to be consuming most of my time. It’s exciting to see the project really start rolling with scrum, and I’m much more engaged now that I have some skin in the game.
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