Is this person going to be a project manager, functional manager or both? This is an important question.
In my experience the chemistry between the PM and the tech lead is absolutely critical to the success of a given project. You have to have a good understanding of your needs, your role, their needs, and their role. The boundaries between tech lead and PM are really fluid.
You might find yourself making the first cut of a schedule because your manager doesn't know enough about the various tasks to do it themselves. It will be their job to maintain it, and communicate it to the customer(s) (internal or external).
I generally expect the PM to handle communications with the customer, review the specs, and soothe ruffled feathers when things go wrong.
Communications are a key skill. You should feel comfortable talking to this person about almost anything professional, and maybe some personal stuff too.
That probably means getting into stuff outside of work. (be very careful here!) If you're gay and your boss thinks you're a pervert, you need to move on to another candidate.
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Is this person going to be a project manager, functional manager or both? This is an important question.
In my experience the chemistry between the PM and the tech lead is absolutely critical to the success of a given project. You have to have a good understanding of your needs, your role, their needs, and their role. The boundaries between tech lead and PM are really fluid.
You might find yourself making the first cut of a schedule because your manager doesn't know enough about the various tasks to do it themselves. It will be their job to maintain it, and communicate it to the customer(s) (internal or external).
I generally expect the PM to handle communications with the customer, review the specs, and soothe ruffled feathers when things go wrong.
Communications are a key skill. You should feel comfortable talking to this person about almost anything professional, and maybe some personal stuff too.
That probably means getting into stuff outside of work. (be very careful here!) If you're gay and your boss thinks you're a pervert, you need to move on to another candidate.
Good luck,
Not very long. . . I saw a digital billboard on the 405 (in Los Angeles) with part of a windows desktop.
I can't wait to see what happens when someone hacks into the box and starts showing pr0n.