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by gdfgjhs 1507 days ago
You are not alone, I think many of us have made similar mistakes. I have also recently made a bad career mistake, I was being promoted to management but without salary increase so I turned it down. Also I lacked confidence in my management abilities. But now I wish I had taken the job, gained confidence, and looked for salary increase by switching the company.

A few suggestions, at least, I am doing these for myself:

* Volunteer to mentor and lead without official title * Read books on management * Improve public speaking skills * Seek mentors and be mentor to others * Focus more on building my network instead learning new of technical skills

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Do you have any suggestions on management books?
Not yet, but I have bookmarked this post and will likely buy a few books from here: Ask HN: Books to read when you transform from SWE into SWE Management?[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30497703]