Switching to scrum from technical role
Hi,
I have been in a technical/developer role for 8 years now and am looking to move into a scrum role. This is to advance my career.
I am planning to study and certify for Scrum master course and certification.
Though I am uncertain about one thing. Post preparation and Certification how to I gain experience in the role. I am sure no organisation would recruit me as soon as I get certified.
What's the process to gain experience and are there scrum organisation who help newbies.
I have been in a technical/developer role for 8 years now and am looking to move into a scrum role. This is to advance my career.
Why do you believe moving into a Scrum role would advance your career? As a developer, are you not comfortable anymore? Bored?
Have you read the Scrum guide? What do you think about continuing to be a developer in a Scrum environment - is that possible?
What's the process to gain experience and are there scrum organisation who help newbies.
As ever, the "process" to gain experience is to experience it
I came from about 30 years of developer, tester, project manager, etc and moved into a Scrum Master/Agile Coach role. I will readily admit that it really didn't help my career but it was something that I consciously decided to do. What I actually found "helped" my career was when years ago I started to embrace the Agile philosophies while doing my current job(s). That actually allowed me to advance faster because I was able to show my ability to produce consistent value with high quality.
I have been in a technical/developer role for 8 years now and am looking to move into a scrum role. This is to advance my career.
If you want to advance your career you first have to determine what you want your career to be. As @Eugene mentioned you can be in a "scrum role" as a developer. Since you never mentioned what "role" you want to pursue in your career @Eugene's suggestions are the best place for you to start. Decide what you want your career to be and then learn how to apply Scrum to the work you do. As you do so your career can evolve into other things.