Can I Start My Software Career As A Scrum Master or Coach?
I don't want to be a downer, but I need to give an observation (out of love) which will cause everyone to not like me for about a week. Nobody is an expert "to begin with." It's to your benefit to let go of that idea. You shouldn't be paid to lead/teach/coach things you don't know how to do. That happens too much in this industry, and it's a failure mode, not a career path. But anyone can become great if they apply themselves and work with an open heart, paying attention to what works and what doesn't, what opens people up and what shuts them down, what comes from fear and what comes from love of the work. I shouldn't be a javascript teacher tomorrow, because I have hardly any javascript experience. Rather than "begin my career teaching this language" I should go write a whole lot of Javascript and read a lot more than I write. I should read blogs, articles, books by experts. Then I should start teaching ri...