Career switch, measured
From Chief Executive Officer to Engineering Manager
Yes, it's a close move. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 63% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include Leadership, Stakeholder management, Process improvement, Budgeting; the main skills to add are AWS, CI/CD, LLMs, Kubernetes.
63%
skill overlap
1,177
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Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillChief Executive OfficerEngineering Manager
- Leadership58%73%
- Stakeholder management37%31%
- Process improvement19%18%
- Budgeting17%24%
- Training and coaching22%57%
- Communication21%27%
- Research13%12%
- Risk management7%7%
Skills to add
Asked for often in Engineering Manager postings, rarely in Chief Executive Officer ones.
SkillChief Executive OfficerEngineering Manager
- AWS–19%
- CI/CD–15%
- LLMs–15%
- Kubernetes–14%
- Python–13%
- UX design–12%
- Agile–11%
- Product management–11%
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