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I have an opportunity to officially move into the "management" side of things and be, basically, the assistant director of IT at my company. I'm completely torn as to whether this would be a good move for me or not. I've always said I *never* want to go into management, I want to stay technical. But now that this opportunity has presented itself, I feel like I shouldn't pass it up.
How did you know that management was the right direction for you? How did/do you deal with losing your day-to-day touch with the technology? I'm the kind of person who has a hard time delegating tasks, I'd rather do it myself to make sure it gets done the right way - but I also realize that I don't know everything (although I act like I do sometimes ) and that there are others who have more knowlege/experience in things that I don't.
argh!! My boss is a wonderful guy and he'd be a great mentor to learn from..... if I go into management, how hard would it be to go 'back' to being a server/newtork tech if I don't like it? would I be so far behind that nobody would hire me? does that make any sense??
thanks in advance for any advice or experiences you might like to share.
How did you know that management was the right direction for you? How did/do you deal with losing your day-to-day touch with the technology? I'm the kind of person who has a hard time delegating tasks, I'd rather do it myself to make sure it gets done the right way - but I also realize that I don't know everything (although I act like I do sometimes ) and that there are others who have more knowlege/experience in things that I don't.
argh!! My boss is a wonderful guy and he'd be a great mentor to learn from..... if I go into management, how hard would it be to go 'back' to being a server/newtork tech if I don't like it? would I be so far behind that nobody would hire me? does that make any sense??
thanks in advance for any advice or experiences you might like to share.