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🔥 Career Crossroads: Should You Stay a Super IC or Step Into Management?

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​You’ve done everything “right” - built deep expertise, earned the trust of your team, and delivered results.
But now you're asking the question many mid-career women in tech face:
What’s next?

​Do you continue building as a high-performing IC?
Or is it time to step into management - even if it feels like a leap into the unknown?

​This decision can shape not just your next role, but your long-term career fulfillment.

​Join Leadership & Career Coach Dipti Patel, a former Head of Product who has navigated both paths - for a strategic, no-fluff class to help you clarify your next move before burnout or doubt make it for you.


​✅ What you’ll learn:

  • ​How to assess your current path, and whether it's still serving your goals

  • ​The real tradeoffs of management vs IC (beyond title and salary)

  • ​How to grow as a “Super IC” without stalling your career

  • ​Step-by-step tips to prepare for a move into management (if that’s your choice)

  • ​How AI and org shifts are changing what leadership looks like—and who thrives in it

​Target Audience:

​🎯 This session is for you if:

  • ​You’re a mid-career woman in tech (product, engineering, design)

  • ​You’re an IC feeling ready for more, but unsure where to go next

  • ​You’re curious about management, but want clarity before making the jump

  • ​You want a strategic framework, not generic advice​

​Speaker Information:

​Dipti Patel is a Leadership & Career Coach who helps mid-career women in tech grow into impactful, confident leaders.

​With nearly two decades of experience in product, startups, and technology leadership, Dipti brings deep industry insight and real-world experience to her coaching. She specializes in helping ambitious women navigate moments of career uncertainty - whether they’re feeling stuck, burned out, or at career crossroads.

​Through her coaching, Dipti helps women gain clarity on their goals, reconnect with their strengths, and create a strategic roadmap to advance their careers with purpose and confidence.

​If you’ve been questioning your next move or wondering whether leadership is right for you, this session is not to be missed.

You can follow Dipti on the platforms below:

​​LinkedIn: diptipatelca
Substack: https://diptipatel.substack.com/
Website: https://diptipatel.net/

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