Comment Re:I Am A Horrible Boss (Score 1) 148
It's not that easy.
You say provide people with the tools they need and let them do their job. In order to do that, I gotta look ahead six months to see what direction the department is moving. I have to anticipate the systems and software that might be in place, beacuse the training and tools take a few months to set up. This direction may not always bee clear, so I have to pay attention to rumor and politics to somehow derive an answer.
Then there is the matter of the people under me. Everyone uses different tools. Everyone has different levels of training. I have to know all this, realize who needs additional training, and provide the RIGHT kind of training (some people use books, some people prefer classes).
There is nothing, NOTHING, in my current job as a programmer that prepares me for this. You know why? Because my job is about ME, right NOW! Only me. Only now. I don't have to worry about what other people need, I don't have to worry about what other people want. I don't have to care about their training or their goals or their skills. I don't have to look ahead any further than the end of the week and my progress report at the staff meeting. I do my job and I go home.
Don't tell me I can learn to be a manager.
You say provide people with the tools they need and let them do their job. In order to do that, I gotta look ahead six months to see what direction the department is moving. I have to anticipate the systems and software that might be in place, beacuse the training and tools take a few months to set up. This direction may not always bee clear, so I have to pay attention to rumor and politics to somehow derive an answer.
Then there is the matter of the people under me. Everyone uses different tools. Everyone has different levels of training. I have to know all this, realize who needs additional training, and provide the RIGHT kind of training (some people use books, some people prefer classes).
There is nothing, NOTHING, in my current job as a programmer that prepares me for this. You know why? Because my job is about ME, right NOW! Only me. Only now. I don't have to worry about what other people need, I don't have to worry about what other people want. I don't have to care about their training or their goals or their skills. I don't have to look ahead any further than the end of the week and my progress report at the staff meeting. I do my job and I go home.
Don't tell me I can learn to be a manager.
