So I’m supposed to be a Project Manager for my Remote Dev team, what the ?$!* do I do?

Chance McAllister
Jul 21, 2017 · 2 min read
Photo by Maxime Bhm on Unsplash

This brief article will help you adjust, adapt and succeed with your Project Manager opportunity.

What are the benefits of being a Project Manager?

“The only real training for leadership is leadership.” ~ Antony Jay”

You’ll gain leadership skills through experience.

How often do you think someone applies for a Junior Developer job with not only team project experience, but also experiencing leading dev teams? The skills you will learn overcoming challenges as a B2L-PM will make you stand out to employers.

You’ll impact the Chingu community by helping your team finish the project. There is so much opportunity and potential made possible by so many developers coming together to work on projects, but without a Project-Manager, most projects aren’t successful. As a project-manager, you’ll be able to change that and help the developers in your team level-up their skills in a way they might not be able to otherwise.

We’ve got a Master Projects List where all finished projects go. Your team’s project will find a home here and contribute to Chingu’s crazy goal of having 1000 projects in here by 2020.

What does a Project Manager do in the Build-to-Learn projects?

The primary objective of the Project Manager is to do whatever it takes to ship a finished project.

That may sound scary, but it’s really not. We’ve designed the Build-2-Learn Process to make it much easier. This article explains the B2L Process in great detail and will give you a clear idea of what to do.

Project-Manager Support

If you’re assigned as the Project-Manager for your team, you’ll also be added to a private channel in Voyage called #project-managers. This will have all the project-managers in Voyage. You’ll be able to ask for advice and share tips, resources, etc here.

Also, if you need support, you can reach out to me or anyone in Chingu at any time for help. We’re all in this together to ship projects and level-up our skills. Questions are not only welcomed, they are encouraged!

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Chance McAllister

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Founder @ Chingu. Experience Designer. Lifelong learner. Teacher. Runner. Reader. Insatiably curious. Apply here: chingu.io

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