i think i must have lost my mind

[rone]

After a bitchfest with my Server Hardware & OS team co-members on Friday, the conclusion we extracted was that the most likely consequence of our boss leaving would be merging us back with the Data Center Management team and placing us all under that team's manager.

(Backstory: once upon a time there was the UNIX team and the Windows team and the Messaging team, and a reorg shuffled me and another guy to the Messaging team, and the UNIX and Windows teams were shifted into the SH&OS and DCM teams. Later, i was traded back to the SH&OS team under my old boss for an ex-Windows guy.)

Anyhow, none of us were happy with that idea. So over the weekend i mulled the whole thing over, and today i came to my boss and told him that i want to replace him, and asked him how to best go about putting myself in a position to have the best chance of getting the job.

Well, the raise would be nice, at the least.

Comments

[eejitalmuppet.livejournal.com]

Good luck, man.

[arian1.livejournal.com]

Rock on

[mrbalihai.livejournal.com]

I hope the raise is a big one, because I can tell you from experience that an exciting new world of office subterfuge and treachery awaits you in the glamorous field of IT management.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

NOT HELPING.

[arian1.livejournal.com]

Yep, that's right. Your street cred is officially shot to hell now.

But hey. $$$

[glitter-ninja.livejournal.com]

Should I mention that mrbalihai is making it sound better than it actually is?

Management. Think about it.

Not that I won't love you even if you go back to selling smack to Kindergardeners.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

Hey, i never charged those little fuckers a red cent!

[schwa242.livejournal.com]

The first three times at least.

And in all seriousness with none of them bad vibes omens like some people around here, good luck!

-- Schwa ---

[omarius.livejournal.com]

RONE
AAAAAAAAHHHHH
HE'LL SAVE EVERY ONE OF US

At least your coworkers will know why you clank when you walk around.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

"It's a nuisance. It's my damn testicles."

[lusercop.livejournal.com]

Go for it, I hope it works out - I've got my own job-related woes now, it seems....

[palecur.livejournal.com]

If you beat me to becoming Management I'll be... um, I dunno. Lazy, and inclined to buy you food.

[peglegpete.livejournal.com]

CRUSH THE FOOLS AND DEVOUR THEIR PUNY, PATHETIC SOULS.

[matrushkaka.livejournal.com]

I like the way you think.

[dnereverri.livejournal.com]

Ahhh, seeking promotion in self-defense. That's how I started down the path to the Dark Side, as well. And yes, the politics of IT management truly is fucked up, even in a university environment. It's not clear to me that it's any worse than other kinds of management; just a bit more frustrating, since everyone KNOWS that bad technical decisions are being made for bad reasons, but it STILL HAPPENS.

ahem.

Good luck.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I'll definitely have to bring my aluminum baseball bat, Opie, to work now.

[zoutke.livejournal.com]

Good luck!