Re: Re: Managing Extreme Programming

On Thursday, January 16, 2003, at 2:06:01 PM, Dave Hoover <[email protected]> wrote:

>> I think promotion from within -- at least beyond the "lead 
>> engineer" or "architect" level -- is the exception these days 
>> rather than the rule.

> In my limited experience, virtually every IT manager I have ever had 
> was a former programmer (there was one exception).  This includes 
> people at the CEO, CIO, Director, and Project Manager levels.

Yes, this is quite common. And if managers in the organization are not
promoted up from engineer, they are typically promoted up from some other
job: salesman seems to be a good entry level position to become a sales or
marketing manager.

In my experience, it is rare -- very rare -- for a manager to have a
background in business, or any education in management. Higher-level
managers, of course, often have a great deal of experience in management
positions, but again, quite often little experience in actual management.

The result, all too often, is that managers think they know how workers
should do the workers' jobs, and that management means telling people how
to do their own job. And, all too often, managers don't know what
management is actually about.

There are exceptions, of course. In my experience, they are quite rare.
Perhaps I've been unlucky?

Ron Jeffries
www.XProgramming.com
It's easier to act your way into a new way of thinking
than to think your way into a new way of acting.  --Millard Fuller


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