Struggles of an engineer transitioning to management

Posted by briceicle on Tuesday February 14, 2017 @06:18PM
from the medium.com dept.

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Re:Struggles of an engineer transitioning to management by alexandercrohde on Tuesday February 14, 2017 @10:04PM (#13649359)

A worthy topic, especially given the known typical contentions between engineers and management (see Dilbert).

However, the exact answer to how an manager can measure ones progress (if only internally) still seems open-ended.

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Re:Struggles of an engineer transitioning to management by drallison on Tuesday February 14, 2017 @07:14PM (#13648604)

I just had a snarky thought: Has anyone ever heard of anyone kvetching about transitioning from mangement to engineering?

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Re:Struggles of an engineer transitioning to management by gumby on Tuesday February 14, 2017 @07:31PM (#13648695)

Who would? It's would be like a glass of cold water after a career in hell.

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Re:Struggles of an engineer transitioning to management by eyer2016 on Thursday February 16, 2017 @02:27AM (#13658266)

I do. He sucked as an engineer. Went back to being a manager in a different company claiming he was an architect in my company... Smart fucker

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