Laurent is upset about a student getting a software engineer degree and then willing to become a manager:
Request from your management that you be assigned to functions which match these choices; to discover those, look around you and spot the people whose job requires that they perform the kind of activity you prefer. You might well not end up in a position called “Project Manager”, but I guarantee that you will be satisfied with your career choices.
I don’t understand why Laurent is so upset and even judgmental about this “tragically misled student”.
If he feels his vocation is into management, then why question his choice? What if a manager came to you and patronized you for being a software engineer, telling you that it’s an inferior position and that you should strive for better?
This sounds very arrogant to me.
What’s more, in certain countries (and France is certainly one of them), management is often the only career path that allows for more growth (both in terms of responsibilities and salary) than the technical field. We are no longer talking vocation here but simple, pragmatic reality, no matter how sad it is.
Il faut de tout pour faire un monde, and I, for one, would really love to have a manager who has a software engineer degree…
To each their own.
#1 by Laurent Bossavit on February 26, 2004 - 6:09 am
“Software engineer is an inferior position and one should strive for better” is precisely what this person was saying.
I’m finding it strange (and sad) that someone who wants to manage should choose to train in engineering; if you want to be a manager, isn’t it better to choose training in management ?
Of course, many people discover only after their formal education that the career path they really want is not the one they’d prepared for; different issue altogether. What this person was saying was “I’ve trained in the very best engineering school, therefore I deserve to be appointed a manager of engineers”.
#2 by Cameron on February 27, 2004 - 9:13 am
We’re hiring ..
#3 by Philippe on February 28, 2004 - 6:25 am
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#4 by supertimba on March 8, 2004 - 9:24 am
At last someone talking about this taboo subject:)
But tu as raison my friend, in europe le seul moyen de rehausser le salaire c’est de “manager”, h
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