I went through the same thing. I hired on as a PM for a company and after 6 months the decision was made that I get some of the tasks done that were being resource starved. I got a lot of work done and they decided to leave me in the technical role and hire someone else to be the PM. I found that while it is great to be able to make the decisions, it is hard to sit by and see how slowly those decisions get executed. I am working with a good PM now so like you, I find that to be a much better combination.
On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 4:20 AM, Paul Wallace <[email protected]>wrote: > This certainly is a great self help group ;o) > > I'm going through many of the issues cited by others and the advice > given is very helpful. I'm currently battling our management's shiny > new toy - SCRUM. They want sprints delivering real customer value > starting today, but we don't have a single architectural decision > made, we are still at the "should this be java or .net" stage of the > project. > > One thing that is a catch 22 for an engineer is that it is sometimes > appealing to take the project management job in order to be able to > obtain the responsibility to make the technical decisions. I've done > this previously, I took the PM job and got to make the decisions. I > then faced the other issues of double jobbing and long hours. > Currently I am purely technical and in an "advisory" role so I have to > be very careful to avoid being labelled as "arrogant, disruptive, non- > business focused etc". > Neither role is ideal and it comes down to the old saying "no matter > what they tell you, it's a people problem". And I must realize, that > I am part of that problem. > My best ever job was when I effectively "partnered" with a PM, he > trusted my judgement and I totally respected his managerial skills. > We worked as a team and achieved a great deal and shared the success. > > So my advice is to find the right people to work with. Look for > trust, mutual respect and complementary skill sets. > > Paul > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<javaposse%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > > > -- Robert Casto www.IWantFreeShipping.com Find Amazon Filler Items easily!--
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