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Mechanic to manager? Is it possible?
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<blockquote data-quote="prs97" data-source="post: 16317972" data-attributes="member: 75549"><p>I'm a corporate IT drone and have had 7 bosses in the last 10 years. Yup. That math is sadly correct.</p><p></p><p>Aside from one guy who I would still take a bullet for, the rest have been the 31 flavors of terrible. Several weapons grade idiots. Sociopath technical people moved up into management whose style would be admired by 3rd world dictators. Serial do-nothing email forwarders who consider it "delegating". You name it, I've suffered under it. I swear I must have f*cked the sister of someone very important in a past life and am paying for it dearly by having to work for these types in this life. It's the only explanation I can come up with at this point.</p><p></p><p>Anyhoo... management is a challenge because you need to manage both UP and DOWN. You need to make sure you are keeping your boss(es) happy AND you need to keep your team productive and give them the resources they need to get the job done right. You need to act as a buffer between your team and your management. In addition, you may also have to shield your team from your peers/colleagues so you are also managing from side-to-side.</p><p></p><p>Sh*t managers don't act as a buffer between these layers and the technical team at the bottom of the ladder gets hammered with all of that. Being a terrible manager is easy. Just punt everything to the team you run and let their resentment build up. Being a good manager is hard.</p><p></p><p>Good luck OP. Hope you become one of the good ones. There are already too many of the bad ones.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="prs97, post: 16317972, member: 75549"] I'm a corporate IT drone and have had 7 bosses in the last 10 years. Yup. That math is sadly correct. Aside from one guy who I would still take a bullet for, the rest have been the 31 flavors of terrible. Several weapons grade idiots. Sociopath technical people moved up into management whose style would be admired by 3rd world dictators. Serial do-nothing email forwarders who consider it "delegating". You name it, I've suffered under it. I swear I must have f*cked the sister of someone very important in a past life and am paying for it dearly by having to work for these types in this life. It's the only explanation I can come up with at this point. Anyhoo... management is a challenge because you need to manage both UP and DOWN. You need to make sure you are keeping your boss(es) happy AND you need to keep your team productive and give them the resources they need to get the job done right. You need to act as a buffer between your team and your management. In addition, you may also have to shield your team from your peers/colleagues so you are also managing from side-to-side. Sh*t managers don't act as a buffer between these layers and the technical team at the bottom of the ladder gets hammered with all of that. Being a terrible manager is easy. Just punt everything to the team you run and let their resentment build up. Being a good manager is hard. Good luck OP. Hope you become one of the good ones. There are already too many of the bad ones. [/QUOTE]
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