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Grow faster by making yourself redundant!

Redundant ! but why? What about job security? Shouldn't we be consolidating our position instead of going redundant? All these questions are obvious when you read the title of this article. Don't worry, we are not talking about how to get yourself fired but opposite, how to grow faster by making yourself redundant in a role . In a job, we are expected to play roles that are needed from us e.g. program manager, project manager, people manager, technical lead are few roles engineering managers play to be successful. This article talks about how we can progressively outgrow in our current role and start learning (or mastering) the new roles. Transferring responsibilities to people you are managing are the best way of making space for learning something new. Over the past couple of years as an engineering manager, I have been following this philosophy to learn new things. Let's take an example of leading a project to understand this better. Engineering Managers are the b