Tips for moving into management, Taking your tech career to the next level - Ilya Pesahovsky

In this episode Andy Davis talks to Ilya Pesahovsky, the Director of Software Engineering, AdTech at dailymotion. On the show Ilya chats to Andy about making the move into a management position. They also chat about the traits you need to possess to be a successful manager and they discuss the advantages of giving your staff autonomy at work and how best to retain staff. Iiya Pesahovsky is an experienced director of engineering with a demonstrated history of working in the AdTech and Cyber Security industries. He is a result oriented manager with leadership background. He specialises in building technology teams locally and internationally from the ground up. He’s a backend engineer and system architect at heart with over 10 years hands on experience. Show Notes:

1.09 From a confidence standpoint how did you manage the move into management.

3.21 Did you surprise yourself when you were thrown into the team lead position.

5.00 Is it a good thing to being thrown into the deep end of management?

6.37 What traits do you need to be a successful manager?

9.43 Being transparent and clear about what you’re working towards.

14.50 Giving people a sense of autonomy as a manager.

17.37 Talking about staff retention.

21.44 What does success look like for you?

23.01 Does seeing the success of others motivate you?