Managers in many cutting edge technical organizations make few if any technical decisions.
-- Warner Sent from my phone <div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Matt Lawrence <[email protected]> </div><div>Date:05/14/2015 8:06 PM (GMT-05:00) </div><div>To: Atom Powers <[email protected]> </div><div>Cc: [email protected] </div><div>Subject: Re: [lopsa-discuss] I need a change </div><div> </div>I'm not done with computers or technology, but I am done with being a keyboard monkey. I need to actually solve problems. That means either an architect, management or data center manger position. I'm tired of trying to do work that is equivalent to digging the Panama Canal with a teaspoon. -- Matt On 05/14/2015 07:01 PM, Atom Powers wrote: > Matt, > > Are you done working with computer entirely, or just fed up with your > current situation? > > If you need a new situation, then you can change it. I'm sure there > are plenty of people here who are hiring (my company included) and > most of them are not dysfunctional. Many will even relocate you. > > If you want something entirely different, then the onus is on you to > decide what you want to do. Some people here may have experience and > advice for specific kinds of changes but nobody can decide for you > what you want to do. > > > > On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 4:33 PM, Matt Lawrence <[email protected]> wrote: >> I'm done with being a keyboard monkey. The last several years I've had >> nothing but a bunch of managers who had no clue what current best practices >> are and no interest in learning. Add to that the fact they were also mostly >> incompetent as managers and I can't take it anymore. >> >> How do I find a job that isn't being a keyboard monkey? How do I get a >> promotion to a position where I can actually use the skills and knowledge I >> have developed over decades in the business? I'm stuck. >> >> -- Matt >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators >> http://lopsa.org/ > > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
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