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I'm not sure what your issue with that quote is - because it's 100% accurate. IT sounds like you have enough reports that you now have a people job and not a te
by windowsworkstoo 8y ago
I'm not sure what your issue with that quote is - because it's 100% accurate. IT sounds like you have enough reports that you now have a people job and not a tech job and that is where your conflict is coming from.
You need to either wholeheartedly commit to that aspect and give up the tech (in a professional sense, have whatever hobby makes you happy) and find value and meaning in that, or go back to being "on the tools".
This dichotomy isn't unique to tech - as alluded to above, the trades have the same conflict - and people do shift between being "on the tools" and not.
But make no mistake - you can't do both. At least not for a sustainable period, effectively, if you are managing a decent number of people. So choose, and commit - at least for the period of that choice.
- crescentfresh 8y agoI don't think there's an issue with the quote, he's relating to the quote. It's 100% accurate and that's what he's saying sucks.
- ep103 8y agoExactly
- ep103 8y agoI think you hit the issue on the nose. I've spent the last few (~2?) years committed to the people management role, and have improved immensely. While 2 years isn't a large amount of time, it is enough time to start noticing myself starting to become technically out of date. And I agree, it hasn't been possible to do both. That in turn means I feel like I need to make a decision one way or the other now, because if I don't, in another year or two, I may not have the option. I wrote about the difficulty I am having in choosing to permanently commit here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19486404 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19486404, if you have a few minutes
- Volscio 8y agoCharity Majors talks about the Manager-IC pendulum. You should rotate between the two every couple of years.