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buchatech

I ran across this site today about IT caeers and education in IT.

InsideTech

It has some good articles on becoming an IT Manager, getting into IT, salary, the differen job makrets and IT roles. Thought this would be a good place to share it.

Kaminsky

Many I.T. managers possess advanced technical knowledge gained from working in a computer occupation

Well that's a fairy tale.
Most of the managers I have worked under haven't a clue when it comes to detailed stuff, nor do they need to. They are there to manage, not do the work themselves. The few managers that have come up the technical path (the very long route) have their skills far out of date and they'll be the first to admit it. The may have a broad outline of certain things but that's it. Staff management, duties management. That's what managers get paid to do. The more techie things an I.T. manager has to do means the less knowledgable their staff are.

2nd/3rd teir Shift/team leaders on the other hand, are usually the most knowledgable in their technical duties and only have to do a little bit of staff management.

To be a good I.T. manager, you just need to have a good track record in management and if you have some savvy with I.T., all the better.

nel

Kaminsky wrote: »

Well that's a fairy tale.
Most of the managers I have worked under haven't a clue when it comes to detailed stuff, nor do they need to. They are there to manage, not do the work themselves. The few managers that have come up the technical path (the very long route) have their skills far out of date and they'll be the first to admit it. The may have a broad outline of certain things but that's it. Staff management, duties management. That's what managers get paid to do. The more techie things an I.T. manager has to do means the less knowledgable their staff are.

2nd/3rd teir Shift/team leaders on the other hand, are usually the most knowledgable in their technical duties and only have to do a little bit of staff management.

To be a good I.T. manager, you just need to have a good track record in management and if you have some savvy with I.T., all the better.

Couldnt agree more with Kam there! Thats the way ive found it too from my experiance.

exe

buchatech wrote: »

I ran across this site today about IT caeers and education in IT.

InsideTech

It has some good articles on becoming an IT Manager, getting into IT, salary, the differen job makrets and IT roles. Thought this would be a good place to share it.

Thanks.

qp81

I can agree to that as well. The current manager I'm under thinks that by replacing a fax machine, it would need to be "reprogrammed" with the old fax machines number! WTF....and this guys is managing me!