Post AnGr3GmkYAwpZ6JcTw by RoyBrander@urbanists.social
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 (DIR) Post #AnEUfStVI7rCrXnZfU by stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe
       2024-10-21T13:44:20Z
       
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       This morning, I met a colleague I hadn't seen in a while for a joint project. He's the same age as me, has been working in the same place for over 10 years, and has advanced in his career. When he put his hands on a keyboard and a server, he smiled. He looked at me and explained that now that he has moved up, he no longer touches servers or systems, and he misses it a lot. In the end, he found it less stressful to be a technician than a manager. He had to accept this to avoid career stagnation, but he was much happier before - stopping would have meant giving a bad impression to his superiors.For me, this is something I would struggle to accept. I do my job because I enjoy it. I have direct contact with clients and work with servers. I wouldn’t want to “advance” by stopping being a technician. I believe this system makes many unhappy. In this case, the person is also a skilled manager, but that’s not always the case. Often, excellent technicians become poor managers.In a way, I still dream of the time when the entrepreneur was the technician or craftsman (or at least someone who directly understood the field) and continued to engage with those working directly, even after building significant enterprises. I think of Adriano Olivetti or, in a different field, Leonardo Del Vecchio. Or the various Enzo Ferrari and Vincenzo Lancia, Ferruccio Lamborghini.#IT #Career #CareerChoices #LoveYourJob
       
 (DIR) Post #AnEUfTzDEO1AFXTeCm by sullybiker@sully.site
       2024-10-21T13:45:16Z
       
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       @stefano This is a very common scenario. My own manager has said so, and I have had the same experience since being promoted.
       
 (DIR) Post #AnEVmdb202Wu2H8sq0 by sullybiker@sully.site
       2024-10-21T13:57:47Z
       
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       @stefano There should not be two tracks, 'management' OR 'technical' and I find the culture very irritating. The best people keep their hand in, how else do they know what is going on?
       
 (DIR) Post #AnGr3GmkYAwpZ6JcTw by RoyBrander@urbanists.social
       2024-10-22T17:05:28Z
       
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       @sullybiker @stefano It's sad that you think that, because industries in general oppose the idea.I saw young engineers just aching to get that first supervisory job, not in the area they'd just barely trained in for a few years, and shed the notion of "techie" work and a "techie" reputation as fast as possible, to look more "management".
       
 (DIR) Post #AnIa7vCKveYV9lpsDA by sullybiker@sully.site
       2024-10-23T13:05:16Z
       
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       @RoyBrander @stefano There's some class elements to it, I think. There's an association with it being lower-tier work, not a profession, which so many young people aspire to. It's totally wrong in my opinion, but I appear to be against the trend here.