My last job and my current job have both been in small business retail marketing, which is basically this insane, fast-paced, one-person-does-every...
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"Why aren't you a manager yet? You know... everything?"
If you think you are a bad manager then it's time to be one.
Bad manager is a manager that thinks he a good one. Good one knows that he is not perfect, and he can grow further.
You already can manage different stuff every day, from social media to "my phone is broken", why not change stuff to staff? :)
I wouldn't technically be against being a manager, and tbh at my current workplace I think I wouldn't be as terrified with the prospect.
But I'm also the youngest full timer going, and have no idea who I'd actually manage. 😂
Youngest, oldest. Who cares if you do your job right ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
Now that's the right way to think of it!
So you actually keep the place running, right? 😊
The funny thing for me is that I can relate to some of your points regarding working in a bigger company, too!
It's just the subjects of the requests that change, but you get similar questions in a bigger company.
Let me give you some examples:
When there is budget involved, there is always this one person that tries to connect to you on a personal level to get their "small" requests done outside of the budget.
Like, don't I have anything else to do in my free time?
When you have clients over year, they tend to ask for "small" favors just like collegues that can turn out to be a huge amount of work.
The "you should have position X by now" thing is also very common. Most of the time it comes from people that are entitled to promote them to this position and the people that are being told this seem to totally forget to just ask them right afterwards. It's the magic of rhetoric.
There are also those very urgent tasks that pop up and need solutions that you are tempted to run to when a collegue asks you for help.
So once you got your full tech job, be prepared to just have different problems 😅
But hey, once I get there I'll have plenty of the skills for it. 😂
Thanks for your insights, they're super helpful to read!
Really fun read, thanks for the laughs Shayna!
That was the goal, thanks for reading!
You sound like you have the patience of a saint. 😄
I understand it can get pretty annoying if a non-techie assumes you can fix ALL their computer problems. But I think that's a way to show how much they respect you and your judgement, even if their expectations sound a bit unreasonable sometimes.
Too relatable 😂
We should start a support group for the "{external program} isn't doing what I want. Can you fix it?" Requests 🤔
Honestly, can we? Every time I get one of those requests I just... facepalm moment. 😂
Thanks! I was hoping it'd be a nice fun post for a dull Tuesday.
Oh, I didn't know you can post amusing articles like this on DEV.to! This makes me happy:)
I thought it was worth the risk to be funny. 😂
I worked in the nonprofit world for years, and I can identify with sooooooo much of this. Thank you for saying it out loud!
I'll yell it from the rooftops if I have to. 😂