Presumably you're being paid more, not to do any actual work. What's the problem?
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Originally posted by NigelJK View PostDo keep up with tech trends, the silver lining is that you only have to be able to talk the talk, the larger the company the more relevant you will be as many middle managers and senior managers have 0 technical ability (which is why they shouldn't be running IT businesses, but that's another story).
Business view technology as a tool to save/generate money - not technology for technologies sake!Comment
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Originally posted by original PM View PostIf the world was run be techies we would have lots of great things which did not quite work - or only worked in very niche circumstances.
Business view technology as a tool to save/generate money - not technology for technologies sake!Comment
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Originally posted by original PM View PostIf the world was run be techies we would have lots of great things which did not quite work - or only worked in very niche circumstances.
Business view technology as a tool to save/generate money - not technology for technologies sake!
There were rumours in the 90s that the CIA were asking US tech companies to slow down because there were too many US citizens unable to cope with the rate of change at which tech was developing.The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn't existComment
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Not quite the same, but this happened to me in permieland. Went from just doing design and installation to attending pre-sales meetings, writing scoping documents, talking to techs on both sides of a project, etc.
I hated it after a few months and wanted to get back to doing what I do as soon as possible - which I did.Comment
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With any luck you will find yourself having to manage a drip with no social skills and an inability to understand that the beauty of code perfection is not more important than delivering the fscking code to specification and on time.
If that person does not break you and make you want to rock silently in a corner dribbling, you will have officially become a PM but Franky in this market I would not dump skills for management.Comment
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Originally posted by bobspud View PostWith any luck you will find yourself having to manage a drip with no social skills and an inability to understand that the beauty of code perfection is not more important than delivering the fscking code to specification and on time.
If that person does not break you and make you want to rock silently in a corner dribbling, you will have officially become a PM but Franky in this market I would not dump skills for management.
Originally posted by MrMarkyMark View PostWelcome to the world of the middle manager.
As you have found your new development tool of choice is the phone.
As an aside, I pity the poor bastewards who have to work under youOriginally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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Originally posted by bobspud View PostWith any luck you will find yourself having to manage a drip with no social skills and an inability to understand that the beauty of code perfection is not more important than delivering the fscking code to specification and on time.
If that person does not break you and make you want to rock silently in a corner dribbling, you will have officially become a PM but Franky in this market I would not dump skills for management.Comment
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No disrespect to the OP but there is nothing worse than non PM's falling in to a PM position and thinking they can do it.'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!Comment
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostLike this chap you mean?The Chunt of Chunts.Comment
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