Scrum Master a Way into a Thriving IT Career

What You Need to Know

With Covid and the constantly changing economy, more companies are trying to be agile and in doing so they are using scrum or some version of the scrum, kanban, etc.

Scrum is a lightweight process framework defined in the Scrum Guide by the founders of Scrum for software development, enhances productivity, and makes project management more efficient, relatively seamless, responsive, iterative, and consistently evolving as you progress in the development of the product or services. 

The Scrum Master is a popular and fast-growing profession and in high demand with the average pay ranging around $118,000. The scrum master has leadership that allows them to build trust and help those around them become a better version of themselves while encouraging continuous learning. The Scrum masterworks with software development teams, leading projects,

• Facilitate Team Meetings or events
  Protect the team from distractions internal and external
  Coaches the team and help improve their process and way of working 

• Remove impediments in the team way
  Help the team and others interacting with the team understand agile and ways of working 

• They work with the team through the development of new products

• Collaborate with other Scrum Master, product owners, and programs managers

• Scrum Master have good listening skills to support the team members in problem identifications and decision making

• They understand empathy and empathize with others.

• Scrum Master encourages the personal growth of their team members in building a cross-functional team 

• Persuasion is used more by a scrum master rather than using authority in their daily activities and working 

• They are open and appreciate openness in others and seeks to help without diminishing the commitment of others

Top Companies Hiring for Scrum Master Jobs

Fidelity Investment, Capital One, Bank of America, J.P Morgan, IBM, USAA, AT&T, UnitedHealth Group, Wells Fargo, Boeing Company, South West Airline, United Airline, Delta, Liberty Mutual, CVS, United Health, Lockheed Martin etc.

Becoming a Scrum Master, you need to make sure it is the right job for your personality and skills. As a career coach, I ask my clients and students a couple of questions I borrowed from Mike Cohen founder of Mountain Goat to help them make decisions if this is the career

 for them,

• Do You Like Helping Others?

• Do You Need to Be in the Spotlight?

• Are You a Good Listener?

• Can You Influence Without Authority?

• Are You Comfortable with Uncertainty?

• Can You Handle Conflict Well?

• Are You Technical Enough?

Note:-

 You don’t need to be technical, whatever that may mean for your products. But you need to be able to intelligently discuss progress and problems with the team.