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Geeks in Management?

Posted by Cliff on from the still-wearing-jeans-in-spirit dept.

The Other Side of the Coin asks: "I've been doing a relatively interesting job until now, but they've pushed me into management recently. Although the new position is pretty boring (I manage normals), I do still have time for all the geeky stuff I used to do before. My problem is: I have no formal (or any other, for that matter) management training. Sure, I'll read a lot about it (and take some education), but what are your experiences as geeks in management? For example, I naturally started to use Borgish management methods, and this wasn't received well by people, to say the least. What are the most difficult hurdles for a manager geek to jump, and can our personality be used as an advantage in management?"

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  1. read dillbert by liquidmpls · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    fp?

  2. Re:Pretty Ironic... by WD_40 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Me too.

    --

    "With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine." -- RFC 1925

  3. Re:Pretty Ironic... by Malc · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    So do his slides have instructions about:
    1) How to be a convincing liar?
    2) How to toe the company line, even when one knows it's all tosh?

    I lost a lot of respect for Mr. Powell after his UN presentation.

  4. Re:Pretty Ironic... by INetUser · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yea,
    I know.
    Just keep forgetting to put them in. My own fault, really.

  5. Re:Pretty Ironic... by Malc · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Indeed. Which is why I wonder whether Mr. Powell's announcement so long ago that he would step down was really motivated by his displeasure, or whether it really was for the reasons given, or if he was pushed. I really hope it's the first as I did hold him in high regard. I digress though...