It technician's development direction and promotion tips

Since, Hewlett-Packard, Barclays Information Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., the United States and Thailand, southeast of the financing of a number of foreign IT companies are recruiting computer elites. It was supposed to be a good thing, but Mr. Kim, who received a call from the headhunter, was annoyed.　　In his conversation, the reporter found that this is not only Mr. King's problems, but also many IT personnel will encounter the problem. First introduce Mr. King's professional experience: a famous University of China's undergraduate computer science graduate, engineering master. Nearly 6 years of work experience, has 2 times job-hopping experience, respectively, in the well-known software enterprises as it engineers. Among his peers, Mr King's career was smooth, but it seemed to be slow to develop. "There is a team of more than 200 it engineers in the company, of which only 10 managers, I am not prominent in the crowd, have never had the opportunity to promote." He also said: "Don't look at the recent headhunters often call me, more than 30% of the salary to dig me, but most of the posts or it engineers, and my current job is the same." I am interested in research and development managers, project managers and other positions, need to have relevant work experience, this is the most it engineers difficult to break through the bottleneck. I like to do technology, hope to become a technical master, but do not have the management experience of the technical elite at home is not realistic. May I ask what direction I have to develop. What preparations should I make?
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It technician's development direction and promotion tips
Five major development directions
Like Mr King, a large number of technicians in the IT industry are confused and confused about career orientation and career planning. Although they are engaged in a very important and cumbersome technical work, but more is playing the role of the hero behind the scenes. In the social status, the economic income and the scenery unlimited level of management at all levels, this reality has created a huge psychological gap.
The limitations of some technical work are another reason for the confusion of career planning. IT industry because of technology and knowledge update speed too fast, software open staff is generally considered to eat "youth rice" position, who study faster, who energy more exuberant, who can stay up late, who is more competitive, then experience is no longer important. If more than 35 years old also engaged in software development, it will be difficult to make a breakthrough in their own positions.
Nearly 30 of Mr Kim's anxiety suggests that he is still very ambitious and visionary. In general, such as Mr. King's technical personnel, can have the following 5 development direction:
Direction one, become project manager.
It is a good goal to develop into a project manager for those who work in the technical field. Project management requires both solid technical background support and multi-faceted management, which is best suited to those who are technically born but unwilling to do technical work only. Become a project manager, on the one hand can give full play to the professional advantages of technical staff, but also in the team management, coordination of resources, internal and external communication and other work experience and play as a manager role and role, so that their own value more fully realized and recognized. Excellent project management personnel, will be a long time in the future a hot career direction.
Direction two, become the industry senior experts.
If you really love the technical work, but not good and like to communicate with people, you can fully focus on their own areas, to develop into a senior industry experts for the direction and goals. This process may be a long one, and the top technical talent in any field requires the accumulation of long-term industry experience and individual tireless input. Abroad, the more than 60-year-old is still engaged in research and development of technical engineers, they are respected in the company, pay and benefits, and rarely be dismissed the risk (American companies to dismiss a formal staff will pay a high price). But China's IT industry development time is short, domestic enterprises rarely have such posts, is generally new for the Old Yan, choose the direction of people to be careful consideration.
Direction three, become a research and development manager or technical director.
In a technology-oriented company, technology developers are core employees. It is a good choice to develop into a research and development manager, technical director or Chief engineer. At present, there is no purely technical road from the development of managers, they are more through the team leader, technical director, technical manager, such as the upward development of the road, and so do research and development manager, will be more to assume the management function. This requires a good team management experience, internal and external communication skills.
Direction four, do technical sales and service.
Technical work area is very broad, if the sense of pure technical work development potential is not small, you can consider turning to do sales or technical support. The sales staff of Huawei, ZTE and other communication technology companies have a professional technical background. This kind of high-value, high-tech product sales promotion, very need to have rich technical experience of sales staff. Has the technical experience to sell, if the disposition is suitable, generally can have the good development "the money Way".
Direction five, turn to management position.
There are always people who are of science and technology and who work in technical positions, but they seem to be born with a talent for management. These people will gradually show management potential and excellent leadership ability in the work, often prefer to deal with people, prefer to communicate with the outside world. Under such conditions, based on technical experience and relying on the appropriate supplement to learn some management knowledge, such as the ability to pursue an MBA, in time, can fully grow into a good professional manager.
Six Promotion Tips
As Mr King is confused, worried about, at present, domestic enterprises to do pure software development work may be in the road, long-term development of the people generally lack of ability to move to the management of the opportunity is not small. There is a more important problem is that the current development industry environment is not good, as discussed before the basic is to eat young rice, 30 years old after the difficult to do. While the business is becoming more and more refined, it is likely to grow farther away from it and to pure blue-collar workers.
If you really want to do development, should find a better platform, preferably into a multinational enterprise or domestic leading enterprises. If the data technology is very strong, you can consider moving to the internet search direction, if there is an advantage in electronic and communication equipment, can from simple program development to the development of communications products.
If you want to move from research and development positions to the above 5 categories, that is, management positions, then it is best to work in the ordinary, consciously change, here are 6 tips for promotion:
First, can do technology but not only indulge in technology. To the best of it, technology is just one of the pillars of your future, and not the biggest pillar, unless you want to be an engineer.
Second, to establish a comprehensive quality master goal. Do not only have the technical master dream, want to become a manager, must strive to become a master of comprehensive quality, enterprise managers are a few. But listen to what engineers are saying about these managers: I despise them. They do not understand anything, technology is not proficient, management is not well managed, with what to take so much money, with what promotion. In fact, this is typical of the engineer's pedantic words. Perhaps managers since the promotion to the manager of the moment began gradually away from the technology, but they have management skills, affinity, will be people, good communication and coordination, comprehensive quality superb. If you don't have these qualities, maybe they can just hide in the corner and look at the display to write code.
Third, to make friends with all kinds of society more. Most engineers only associate with engineers, and many of their friends are engineers because there is a common language, which is probably because they do not understand the excuse of communication with others, especially management. If you want to do management someday, then understand the manager's experience, thinking, habits, hobbies, learning their mode of dealing with problems, understanding the phenomenon and problems in various corners of society, this will be your future to stand out from the capital.
The knowledge must be extensive. In addition to technical books, but also to look at other aspects of the book, such as finance, accounting, import and export, taxation, law, and even history, managers are often a knowledgeable person, knowledgeable people can kan, will communicate, can create communication topics, easy to establish personality charm.
To overcome the weakness of the heart and personality defects. Engineers because of long-time man-machine dialogue, there will be suspicious, sensitive, naïve, hesitant, timid, too thin, dogmatic thinking, poor words, cynicism and other character characteristics. These character weaknesses must be changed.
Learn to be good at selling yourself. Not only can technology, write documents, but also can say, good at using every opportunity to create opportunities in the company's many it engineers to promote themselves, so that they look different. Sometimes you can take some extra work, such as interviewing technical candidates, organizing documents, making PowerPoint presentations, organizing various activities of the company, and participating in various campaigns.