August 9, 2007 at 9:02 am
This is just my imagination!!!!
In some cases, when a developer works in a company for a long time, that person becomes the manager. It does not mean that person has management skills or that person has the best technical skills.
If the upper management hires someone has excellent technical skills and put it under this manager, is there a chance that the manager would get jealous? If the new hired suggested new technique to do things but the manager kept putting it down and made that person to follow his old method (he said that was the department standard.), do you still want to work for that person?
If the management is on the manager side, what do think about the company? Why does the company rather keep a so-so manager than an excellent developer.
August 9, 2007 at 10:03 am
if a company is not a technology company then chances are they are not really intrested in the excellent developer but more in the manager who knows the company culture. its ok to have bright ideas but the excellent developer needs to learn and understand company politics before behaving in a rush manner.
and company are not in a rush to replace working solutions, so if the solution proposed by the execllent developer is for something that works, company will look at the top dollar, rupee (..whatever your currency) and make a decision biased towards that.
as for:
If the upper management hires someone has excellent technical skills and put it under this manager, is there a chance that the manager would get jealous?
since the manager is human, there might be a chance but in very few cases i think. as i mentioned above, the big problem is usually with the excellent developer who hasn't yet understood the company politics and culture
August 9, 2007 at 11:39 am
First of all, lots of companies promote the best performer to manage under the idea that if they are good at one job, they'll be good at another. Also that they understand the work, so they can lead.
Neither is necessarily true. Often developers want a promotion and more money, but not a different job.
We also don't really train managers. I stumbled through it a few times on my own. Andy did as well, but he really put time into learning to be a manager. Not many people do that.
Managers often want to be the best or think they are. They get jealous and as a worker bee, you need to go along to get along.
Directors have to support the manager. If they don't, it undermines authority. I've even been a manager and the director forces us managers to work things out rather than make the decision. That's because he can't play favorites and we need to learn to work through differences. You can't go above a manager unless they are doing something unsafe, unhealthy, or discriminating. Making bad decisions is a right managers have.
Managers know things you don't. Sometimes this impacts their decisions and it seems like they're making a wrong decision. But wrong is usually very, very subjective. Technology or efficient code, or something like that are not always the most important. At least to the company.
As I tell my kids sometimes. Being right isn't the most important thing.
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