Re: Managing scientists
- From: BMJ <parametric_equation@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 17:38:35 GMT
Old Pif wrote:
BMJ wrote:
One of my undergrad profs wasn't pleased about the number of engineering students who weren't interested in the technical side engineering and, upon graduation, gravitated towards management.
Young, carrier oriented people usually have very good nose on where the wind blows. Naturally, with the current widespread despise toward technical work they gravitate towards what is more promising. This idea that there exists something like a universal manager who can manage anything and everything from IT and scientific projects to the sails of toilet paper is a dominant factor in the degradation of management quality.
Old Pif
First of all, that comment was made nearly thirty years ago when things were considerably different. Managers, though highly regarded, hadn't had divine characteristics bestowed upon them yet.
His main point was that he was unhappy how those students, while studying engineering, weren't particularly interested in the technical aspects of the profession and treated those courses with equal contempt. That made his job harder than it had to be.
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