Comments on: I Am Not A Manager, Yet http://steelwhitetable.org/2004/07/05/i-am-not-a-manager-yet/ What's the point of wearing your favorite rocketship underpants if nobody ever asks to see 'em? Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:14:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Chris O http://steelwhitetable.org/2004/07/05/i-am-not-a-manager-yet/#comment-1193 Chris O Tue, 06 Jul 2004 12:13:28 +0000 /?p=740#comment-1193 i'll take ryry or June as my project managers any day! Not Steve though, he doesn't even read this drivel! i’ll take ryry or June as my project managers any day! Not Steve though, he doesn’t even read this drivel!

]]> By: Steve http://steelwhitetable.org/2004/07/05/i-am-not-a-manager-yet/#comment-1191 Steve Tue, 06 Jul 2004 11:13:25 +0000 /?p=740#comment-1191 No I don't. No I don’t.

]]> By: Ryan http://steelwhitetable.org/2004/07/05/i-am-not-a-manager-yet/#comment-1190 Ryan Tue, 06 Jul 2004 11:02:54 +0000 /?p=740#comment-1190 That link was way too long to read through in its entirety, but I got the jist of it. It had a lot of good stuff in it but the morale that I got out of it is that a good PM doesn't <i>learn</i> to be a PM, s/he just has the soft skills to do it. I think communication is the biggest part of being a PM - the project will just fall in place, pretty much on its own, if the PM is able to promote a good flow of communication between all the team members. I know this because it's the only skill I have....and my projects seem to do pretty good. Oh shit, Steve is reading this drivel. That link was way too long to read through in its entirety, but I got the jist of it. It had a lot of good stuff in it but the morale that I got out of it is that a good PM doesn’t learn to be a PM, s/he just has the soft skills to do it. I think communication is the biggest part of being a PM - the project will just fall in place, pretty much on its own, if the PM is able to promote a good flow of communication between all the team members.

I know this because it’s the only skill I have….and my projects seem to do pretty good. Oh shit, Steve is reading this drivel.

]]> By: Chris O http://steelwhitetable.org/2004/07/05/i-am-not-a-manager-yet/#comment-1189 Chris O Mon, 05 Jul 2004 20:41:20 +0000 /?p=740#comment-1189 hahaha, DAMN! hahaha, DAMN!

]]> By: Steve http://steelwhitetable.org/2004/07/05/i-am-not-a-manager-yet/#comment-1188 Steve Mon, 05 Jul 2004 19:27:54 +0000 /?p=740#comment-1188 Don't worry. I never read any of the drivel on this site. Don’t worry. I never read any of the drivel on this site.

]]> By: Chris O http://steelwhitetable.org/2004/07/05/i-am-not-a-manager-yet/#comment-1180 Chris O Mon, 05 Jul 2004 16:34:56 +0000 /?p=740#comment-1180 the biggest problem here is that we have TOO MANY damn managers. i mean come on, there are like 300 people working here, and something like 100 have their stupid "Project Management Professional" certification. How many of those people can possibly be competent managers? I can't believe that a) the company still pays for this crap, and b) we have one pm for every TWO actual developers. and you'd be lucky if just one of those two developers was able to code.... we've got one good PM on our team, and that's all i like to deal with. there's no need for anyone else. hmmm, i hope Steve doesn't read this! :) the biggest problem here is that we have TOO MANY damn managers. i mean come on, there are like 300 people working here, and something like 100 have their stupid “Project Management Professional” certification. How many of those people can possibly be competent managers? I can’t believe that a) the company still pays for this crap, and b) we have one pm for every TWO actual developers. and you’d be lucky if just one of those two developers was able to code….

we’ve got one good PM on our team, and that’s all i like to deal with. there’s no need for anyone else.

hmmm, i hope Steve doesn’t read this! :)

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