Re:Same Stop: Life after 26 years as a programmer for Apple
by samstave on Monday May 22, 2023 @12:23PM
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I made the mistake of entering management WAY too early in my career.
I wish I had not. it relegated my time to many tasks other than tech implementation.
FN having to train CFOs on financially managing cloud environs, managing people, pestering people for status reports, c-level presentations on this that and the other thing, etc...
My biggest mistake in my career was thinking I was "climbing the ladder" when accepting a position as a manager, director etc...
Re:Same Stop: Life after 26 years as a programmer for Apple
by blastro on Monday May 22, 2023 @04:25PM
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gulp
Re:Same Stop: Life after 26 years as a programmer for Apple
by ed_mercer on Monday May 22, 2023 @06:44PM
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I'm not sure there's a better way to climb the ladder though.
Re:Same Stop: Life after 26 years as a programmer for Apple
by samstave on Monday May 22, 2023 @08:45PM
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i did it too early.
Re:Same Stop: Life after 26 years as a programmer for Apple
by yCombLinks on Monday May 22, 2023 @08:56PM
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The point being it's the wrong ladder. I'll stick to the enjoying life more ladder
After looking at my current manager and previous managers in my previous jobs I decided to never become a manager.
Being a manager means that I'll have to fill my day with nothing but meetings I cannot skip, keep talking on and on and on, deal with delivery headaches, respond to requests even while on PTO, do a lot of context switching between Slack, email, calendar, documentation, and other things. I used to like that level of being "busy" but now it seems that having my focus time is the best thing ever.