[mjshira]

Originally Posted by svandamme

Monkey , progression in my CV, check
smart ,balanced intuitive , thx !

James, weird thing is, i wasn't actually looking for those gigs myself, like you say , i was looking for a position , usable as a stepping stone towards a mgr gig, eg, medium company , needing a senior tech position, 2nd in command so to speak

but the headhunters have forwarded my CV for these functions, and the companies in question have seen the CV, and within days responded that they wanted me to go on an interview

it's all a bit unexpected, so working myself up in the mindset, switching perspective from tech to mgmt to do these interviews

did the first 2 already, the semi project management one and the smalltime company
those went well ( no further feedback yet, so it's not something i can measure with), got the highest profile one coming up tomorrow, the one with direction position in the furniture company

i have the technical background , very diverse , that's covered
i have experience with business, in the sense that i grew up in one, i can count, understand accounting, purchasing and what not, i can understand the needs of a business and how those translate to IT needs(even those needs beyond a laptop , server and printer, such as computers integrated in production lines), and as far as people management goes, seen plenty of that on the jobs i've done, i think right now, i have enough life experience to deal with people ,(better then 6 years ago let's call it , hardened) in a fair and moral/ethical way, and to motivate them with positive reinforcement

the only thing is, i've never done any of this in one single job
so i'm slightly confused as to why these companies, especially the ones with the high profile position, would even consider me after having seen my resume

either way , i might as well go to the interview, with a good sales pitch
ask the right questions, say the right things, give it a go and see where it goes

i do well at interviews, don't get the jitters or anything, i can talk smooth without talking BS
worst case scenario, it's target practice for a later time

if the headhunters think they can sell you into a management role, all the better. my point was more strategic: if you want to grow your career into IT managment, based on my experience, you need to place a great deal of emphasis on business principles.

I have had the chance to work with a lot of great IT people that grew into managment roles and sux'd at them. In my view, this happened because they didn't have any interest in management other than 'being the boss'.

A good IT manager knows to subordinate IT to business.

A bad IT manager tries to subordinate business to IT.

The vast majority are the later and that is why IT has such a bad track record with business, especially on 'game changing' types of issues.