Well, I'll be 42 (the magic number, solution to the universe) next year, so I guess I should start my evil Machiavellian plots now.
It's all about people, and always has been. Someone else on this list said "give me half the people, half the budget and I'll do it twice as good as anyone else". Bold statement, but I assume that's because he knows his people.
"Team-building" has become a management buzzword (trendy), but a good team is quite amazing to see in action. You can't take a course to learn it, it has to be built.
I wouldn't go too far with the IT analogies, that is not the same type of work. When was the last time you saw a computer programmer having to don a construction helmet and safety boots in order to inspect something he created?
Paul
> "OK, here we go. Seatbelts fastened?
>
> Why is it necessary for people to become managers? What is the
appeal in
> it, aside from (perhaps) money and "status"? Are these two things
more
> important that doing what you enjoy and doing it well?"
>
> I remember reading here one of the regulars saying "if your over 45
you had better be in management " or something similar. That comment
opened my eyes a little. I then looked around and noticed MANY senior
people suddenly out of work at the age of 55 or so. Some people have
people skills and move on to mangement, some with no people skills do
also. But about those out of work, I believe the ones that stay at the
working level - their salaries and even just cost of living increases
put them in a precarious spot. A spot that gets booted out, to be
replaced by a younger cheaper person. It seems to me, for you to be
secure you need to move up. The computer field looks like the worst in
this regard. I know a highly skilled Oracle systems guy that has been in
and out of Oracle a couple of times and is now consulting.
>
> Pete
Received on Sat Apr 24 22:29:00 2004
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