Follow along with the video below to see how to install our site as a web app on your home screen.
Note: This feature may not be available in some browsers.
I always say its like having a Captain of a Ship who has never been to sea.
Or the head chef at a steakhouse who's a vegan...
4: "Back in the days of VAX I was king" Guys who used to know a lot and climbed the ladder quickly, but have stagnated as they fill their day with micromanagement instead of keeping current with technology, and forgetting a lot of what they knew.
It was probably due to their credentials. However, I've met some managers/directors/VPs of IT who knew the fundamentals and were overall smart people. Unfortunately, because their role is to mainly operate/delegate tasks and do project management, they tend lose their technical edge/contemporary knowledge. Which is why, sometimes, you see that 10-20 year old IT veteran still managing his/her department like it was the mid-90s.
yesterday, my boss asked me to install server 2003 onto a thin client.
to be fair, he didnt know it was a thin client.
actually, im not sure that helps his case.
Mine insists winzip is better than 7zip or winrar.
Of course she also prints out emails for me to look at and asks me to respond to them.
1 - You have to work on your skills to appeal to their non-technical sensibilities instead of trying to "out-tech" them.
2 - You need to make their life easier - that is the life-goal of the "manager species" - to do absolutely nothing productive and get all the credit and pay.
3 - You should be aware that they're catching a shit-storm anytime you fuck up too - whether or not you hear about it.
4 - Don't put too much energy into arguing technical points with them (back to point # 1). You being right or having facts or evidence on your side has nothing to do with the way they see a problem. Spend your time understanding their point and build upon it with your correct solution instead of trying to sandbag their bad idea off the bat.
5 - Remember that you're their employee - good or bad. You can either work within the framework that creates, or get another job (or spend a lot of effort on trying to get them fired, I suppose). If you find a way to turn their management style to your advantage, a non-technical manager can be a great thing for your independence and professional autonomy.
It'll force you to work on your schmoozing and BSing skills - which unfortunately is the entire foundation upon which 99% of business is built.
I was asked to remote config a router for a new leased line... some one tell me how thats done again?
It is a new line, not an upgrade or migrate. I have 0 connectivity to the site until the router is in place
I will have them post it to me and will config it here and post it back.
Call someone there on a cel phone. Have them hold the phone close to the router. Yell loudly at it.
Tell the boss that the voice interface must be broken, they better send it back.
I just tend to throw in some buzzwords (like XML, Ethernet token, deep inside the mainframe) and it works out. They're more impressed with it than the actual terminology.
"Yeah, I was working on that issue, but then the XML database got locked into an Ethernet token ring and I had to dig it out from deep inside the mainframe."
"Oh, uh, good work."
People who end up never getting into management spend lots of time thinking about how awesome they are compared to their managers and bitcing about how they are being repressed by the man.
IThese are the danger managers, the people who make decisions they know they shouldnt but have to to bolster their image. The defensive, secretive, non communication, doors shut managers who, due to their need to justify their position make snap decisions without consulting the real people who run the department, the help desk manager and third line guys.