Comments on: Yep. https://www.lafferty.ca/2007/10/01/yep/ Rich Lafferty's OLD blog Tue, 02 Oct 2007 18:04:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.2 By: Paul https://www.lafferty.ca/2007/10/01/yep/comment-page-1/#comment-9650 Tue, 02 Oct 2007 18:04:46 +0000 http://www.lafferty.ca/2007/10/01/yep/#comment-9650 Wow. Well, that first paragraph is right. Most really poor managers that used to be programmers really -want- to be programmers, so they keep trying to guide things from a programmer standpoint.

Being a -good- manager means -stopping- the programming. -Trusting- your programmers. Actually managing the PROCESS and the TEAM, and not the PROGRAMMING. You can avoid becoming a PHB by learning how to be a boss -instead- of a programmer…

The structure above you doesn’t matter. If you want to manage, learn how. This is, in fact, remarkably like the prerequisite for becoming a programmer. That’s all it takes. If you don’t want to manage, though, he’s got a good point: DON’T take that “promotion” just for the money or power. You’ll likely have no idea what to do with either.

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