Comments on: Managing Technology, People or Business?

By: Yee Loon

Yee Loon — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 01:46:22 +0000

WHILE stillInterestProgramming

EXECUTE PROGRAMMING
LET TotalWhiteHair = TotalWhiteHair + 1

LET DAY = DAY + 1

IF DAY = 365 THEN
YEAR = YEAR + 1 (become older)
IF (YEAR = 40) THEN
LET FACT = “NOT suitable TO Programming”
EXIT WHILE
END IF
END IF

IF TiredProgramming AND wantToQuitProgramming THEN
CASE Condition
WHEN “Fear of Job Security”
CONTINUE WHILE

WHEN “Cannot Find other job”
CONTINUE WHILE

WHEN “Lazy to update resume”
CONTINUE WHILE

WHEN “Procasinate”
CONTINUE WHILE

WHEN “Not dare to think about future”
CONTINUE WHILE

WHEN “Make a life changing decision, QUIT Programming”
CONTINUE WHILE
END CASE
END IF
END WHILE

EXECUTE “Yeah!! i made the right decision!!!”

By: Doolwind

Doolwind — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 22:39:37 +0000

Andy-
Thanks for the response. I’ll have to retake my test as I have a feeling I will have moved to L to H recently. I’ve spent the last 6 months working on scripting with our designer and am currently writing an article on it’s benefits. I’ve also started learning C++/CLI to I can start taking advantage of the .Net framework for all my highlevel needs .

I’d like to find one of these mysterious companies that pay programmers more than project leads .

By: Andy

Andy — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 08:53:21 +0000

I started a business once, decided after a very short time that I prefer to come home, drink beer and watch tv and spend my weekends camping and fishing. I’ve been coding for 20 odd years now and I would rather restrict computer time to 8 hours a day (I hate computers). What you need to do is find a company that is happy to pay experienced programmers MORE than project leads. I did that. They do exist, but they are few and far in between. MS is one, as is Avanade. I am sure the other big players in the consulting game are too.

BTW. If you want to get into management, you need to work on changing that L in PLTB to an H. IT took me a while to figure that one out but I got there eventually. Screw assembler and C, its too much work. Now I am a PHTB

By: Mr Thompson

Mr Thompson — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 00:41:53 +0000

do or do not.. there is no try

By: Doolwind

Doolwind — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 09:37:27 +0000

Mr Thompson-

If only I can find the cure for immortality, or at least learn to sleep less than 6 hours per night. It would be sweet if we could all do all of them at the same time, and it seems the 3rd group gives us the best chance of keeping our feet in the other two. I’ll try my best to do all 3 and let you know how I get on.

By: Doolwind

Doolwind — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 09:35:07 +0000

Bil-
Actually I’m a type PLTB

By: Mr Thompson

Mr Thompson — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 06:59:01 +0000

You should do all 3.

By: Bil

Bil — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 22:07:18 +0000

Hmm…1, 2, or 3…not as easy as a, b, and c. Are you a type A personality?

-Bil

By: Doolwind

Doolwind — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 21:12:09 +0000

shiva-
Thanks for the reply, I’ve also seen many 1′s forced to be 2′s, with mixed results. For me, the best way of working out if #3 is any good is taking money out of the equation and deciding if running a business is going to be enjoyable. The actual business side of things I find quite boring, I think it’s the flexibility and freedom in what you work on that is the biggest draw card. That said, it’s also the riskiest so maybe assuming you won’t make any money is quite realistic .

By: shiva

shiva — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 12:53:29 +0000

More time blogging, less time coding. I need something to read while I’m compiling :p

The choice of the 3 is easy, the 1st. I’ve known some really good 2′s, though from my experience they’ve generally been 1′s forced to be 2′s due to overwhelming pressure from those higher up. I haven’t had any experience with 3′s, but I can’t imagine ever ‘getting’ that choice. Money is good, but programming is better.