I.T. sucks sometimes dude. especially since it usually involves smart people like you, wiping the asses of stupid people, like managers.
but in the end, i would rather remain an underpaid minion, than take on the extra crap and larger pay cheque of a manager. you get to keep hacking, and not really care if you are crapped on now and then. at least i don't. i just chuckle to myself. and i would avoid financial debt at all costs, so that you can continue to get a nice stress free chuckle now and then.
It's interesting how the view changes the further up the montain you climb. Having worked the ladder up and down, it's invariably subjective as to what the real situation is. I've taken the position of never making sweeping generalizations about management or the clock punchers. There's good, bad and mediocre on all levels of the work spectrum. Personally, I'll take the headaches of management any day over the drudgery of intry level slogging. Never had to kiss posteriors to advance, just did my work better than my competition and never engaged in trying to destroy someone else to get ahead. You never know who might be your boss or customer tomorrow.
SB:
Actually that's not how good management works. You might get individually chewed out by a manager, but one that is worth his salt will carry the can for his team, in front of the Execs.
The buck stops with the one who is allegedly responsible - blaming the team not an option, because he's part of that team - and often the easiest to replace!
Welcome to an insight into the twilight world of management...
