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Prospects of a Scrum Master

Last post 05:02 pm September 18, 2016 by Ian Mitchell
5 replies
12:14 pm August 22, 2016

Hello

I am currently working as a gambling systems manager and was looking to progress to becoming a Scrum Master.

However can a Scrum Master progress to becoming a CTO/CEO?

Or is it better to become a Project Manager if you want to climb the ladder?

Regards

B


09:01 pm August 22, 2016

Bal,

Becoming a Scrum Master implies that you seek to become a servant-leader, and therefore your motivation is to find ways to improve your team and your organization through the practice of Scrum.

Becoming a Scrum Master is definitely not about selfish ambition. If that is what you seek, perhaps a different career path is a better option for you.


11:02 am August 24, 2016

Hello Bal,

I agree to Timothy, don't choose to be a Scrum Master if you want to climb the ladder. From the career perspective you could be stuck being a good Scrum Master.

You wrote youa re currently working as manager. My recommendation for every organization is to not combine a traditional manager and a Scrum Master role.

Cheers
Joerg


08:01 am August 26, 2016

In fact, as a good Scrum Master with an agile mindset, you should go against ladders for a more horizontal organization ;)


12:06 pm August 26, 2016

If you define success as becoming a great leader, then a Scrum Master position will be a move in the right direction.

You can chart a path for yourself to move from filling a Scrum Master role for a single development team to being a Scrum Master on a Nexus team with responsibilities for integrations for larger projects. From there you may lead an organization from within, to adopt better agile practices.

People who run companies need the ability to lead and get results. That is exactly what practicing Scrum helps you to do.

Climbing a ladder is a phrase that implies hierarchy where leaders are only at the top and workers need to fight and climb over one another to improve their personal relative status. Do you really want to be at the top of a hierarchy like that, or do you really want to build an organization where employees work together towards a common goal Think about your true goals. I wish you success.


05:02 pm September 18, 2016

> However can a Scrum Master progress to becoming a CTO/CEO?

Might it possibly be the other way around? Shouldn't a C-level executive progress to being a servant leader?


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