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Q & A on Leaving Management for Development
- huherto 19y agoI am currently applying for a management position. My boss tells me that that I will have to leave the technical side. I guess I don't understand this corporate culture, I have been running my own consulting firm for 8 years and I am new at this job. I don't see why you can not do anything technical after you are a "manager". My vision of a manager is more like that of a coach that helps the developers improve their skills, and can discuss technical approaches with them. A see a development manager like a technical leader that has a good vision of where technology will go. I suppose these activities will take up my time in this position: - Meetings. (I could handle a couple of hours a day) - Evaluations. (kind of bad) - Recruitment. (I actually like this) - Budgeting. (bad) - I would really like to do this: - Talk and help the developers of what they are doing. - Research new technology. - Look for ways to improve the development environment. like tools and techniques. - Organize study groups. Am I being too innocent? What do you think? My point is that the role of a technical manager doesn't necessarily have to be just boring clerical work.