Talking about the problem of transferring technicians to management post

In modern communication networks, switches play an increasingly important role: massive amounts of data arrive at this information node and are transmitted quickly and efficiently to destinations in accordance with established rules. A network of switches is like a manager in an organization that splits tasks into different people or units and ensures that tasks are completed.

The operation of the switch is not complex, the hardware base is a common server, but the upper load is dedicated software, can quickly and efficiently complete the task of data and information exchange. If the amount of data is small, IT systems do not have to introduce a dedicated switch, through the development of software can also achieve the goal of information interaction. Just as in a small organization, or to complete a less complex task, it does not necessarily require dedicated management staff, the technical staff can be completed part-time.

Here, to uncover the answer: Today's topic is not technology, but talk about the transfer of technical personnel management post problem.

The advanced travel of IT workers

The technical staff who have just embarked on the job are often engaged in specific and simple technical work, which completes the organizational arrangement in a step-by-step manner. Like a general-purpose server, run what software can, even can repeatedly reload, adjust posts, start again.

With the technical experience and the accumulation of professional skills, the rookie has grown into a veteran, code farmers upgraded to experts, technicians to solve complex problems. Like a server running more complex software, and to complete multitasking process processing, no one to give you all the instructions, you need to play their own wisdom, and strive to complete the task of high difficulty.

Again, with the accumulation of work experience, the technical veteran becomes the project manager, to complete more complex tasks. Analogy it domain, is a stand-alone version of the server performance has been unable to meet the requirements, the need for more than one server coordination, the need for data synchronization between multiple servers, the completion of information flow organization and processing.

Project managers not only to complete their own technical work, but also to the overall responsibility for the task, is the project's Brain and command. Excellent project managers must understand both technology and management, have a comprehensive understanding of technical issues, accurate judgment, timely response, can adjust the task distribution and personnel organization.

After this stage, many excellent technicians face the important choice of life: In the end is to continue to engage in technical expertise, or transformation into a professional management staff?

From a general-purpose server to a dedicated switch

Do project manager also need management ability, like in a small IT system, although need not set up separate communication server, but also need to have communication module or special program, to complete the function of data interaction. But for a huge computing network system, need a lot of server work together, rely on "part-time" can not be.

In larger organizations, the need for full-time managers, they do the work is like a switch, to quickly and accurately carry out task assignment, information, interface, and communication quality assurance.

A common set of servers, loaded with dedicated communications software, you can upgrade to a switch, and the price of switches can be more expensive than bare metal, like most organizations in the relatively high position, management hillock than technical staff treatment. It's a good way to learn how to manage the technology better.

However, it is not easy to change the transformation, but only willing to give up, it is possible to Nirvana rebirth.

For organizations with higher technical content, it is necessary for managers to understand technology, so many managers are themselves experts in a technical field. Many excellent project managers and technical experts, have a deep feeling of their professional, so after the transformation into a pure manager, still maintain a strong interest in the professional, everything is willing to make clear, want to understand, like immersed in academic research and new business projects.

After becoming a full-time manager, the nature of the work has changed, like a dedicated switch, where the main task is to interact with information rather than compute and process it. Post function changes need to adapt, if managers do not do a good job in Ober, multi-transaction processing, horizontal communication and coordination, then this manager is unqualified.

A person's energy and resources are limited, for the transition to become managers of technical experts, in order to do a good job in management, sometimes have to give up their hobbies. Imagine, if the switch in the data exchange and communication control of the total problem, even if his performance indicators are good, also dare not buy, dare not use AH.

As the level of promotion, managers need to do more coordination work, his time and energy is occupied by a lot of transactional work, and is becoming more and more difficult to delve into technology, like a high-end switch operating in an oversized system, it is not easy to distribute tasks, and it is impossible for them to carry out complex analytical processes. And in the rapid evolution of the industry, as long as out of the professional half a year or so, I am afraid it is difficult to maintain the sensitivity of the technology, as well as the familiarity of the business. When you don't know what the situation is, will you be able to express your opinion on a technical issue?

So it seems that the technology is not suitable for management. Then, in turn, does not manage the technical experts can sit back and relax? technology is constantly upgrading progress, the old server has been eliminated, if the performance cannot keep up with the development, running new software, even if it has made a contribution to the old server, will be thrown away.

The new server Foundation is good, the performance is high, the ability to adapt to the newest software is strong; to keep up with the development of the Times, but also to play a role, the old server must pay greater efforts.

Either transformation into a more adaptable switch, or constantly improve their performance, not behind the lag. Dear Mr. Server, then confirm with you: Would you like to upgrade to a switch?