https://www.secdev.uk/blog/tags/ic-track/ Recent content in Ic-Track on guy@secdev.uk Hugo en-gb Guy Dixon | guy@secdev.uk Mon, 28 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.secdev.uk/blog/leadership/2.10-the-accidental-manager/ Mon, 28 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.secdev.uk/blog/leadership/2.10-the-accidental-manager/ <p>Not every manager chose to be one. Sometimes the team grows around you and suddenly you&rsquo;re the most senior person. Sometimes your manager leaves and someone needs to fill the gap. Sometimes the company is too small to hire a dedicated manager, and you&rsquo;re the engineer who seems most capable of doing it alongside your technical work.</p> <p>However it happens, you find yourself managing people without ever having made a deliberate decision to pursue management. And the question you&rsquo;re left with is: now what?</p>