Good news and bad news
In today's global economy, there's good news and bad news.
The good news is, you are in charge of your career. The bad news is, you are in charge of your career (!).
I don't (entirely) mean to be cute. That's the plain reality of today's economy: everybody is in charge of their own job, performance and career. Even if you have a good boss, he's probably very busy managing his own career (and his upward ascent to the corporate throne), so it would be unwise to rely on him too much.
So whether the fact that you're now in charge of your own career is GOOD news or BAD news all depends on how prepared you are.
It helps to think of your career in terms of two different aspects: the "business" aspect and the "management" aspect.
The business aspect is WHAT you do; the management aspect is HOW you do it.
Business aspect: What do you produce? For whom? Who is the customer? Who's paying for your work? Whose satisfaction must you closely monitor?
Management aspect: How do you do it? With whom? Using what tools or techniques? Who monitors your performance, you or someone else? What are the management metrics?
Microsoft clearly separates the two aspects: they leave it up to programmers to do the job as they wish, AS LONG AS the code is handed in every day, by 5 PM. Sharp.
The good news is, you are in charge of your career. The bad news is, you are in charge of your career (!).
I don't (entirely) mean to be cute. That's the plain reality of today's economy: everybody is in charge of their own job, performance and career. Even if you have a good boss, he's probably very busy managing his own career (and his upward ascent to the corporate throne), so it would be unwise to rely on him too much.
So whether the fact that you're now in charge of your own career is GOOD news or BAD news all depends on how prepared you are.
It helps to think of your career in terms of two different aspects: the "business" aspect and the "management" aspect.
The business aspect is WHAT you do; the management aspect is HOW you do it.
Business aspect: What do you produce? For whom? Who is the customer? Who's paying for your work? Whose satisfaction must you closely monitor?
Management aspect: How do you do it? With whom? Using what tools or techniques? Who monitors your performance, you or someone else? What are the management metrics?
Microsoft clearly separates the two aspects: they leave it up to programmers to do the job as they wish, AS LONG AS the code is handed in every day, by 5 PM. Sharp.
posted by Super Peter at 10:54 PM
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