Learning on the way up gives Wisdom

http://www.itworld.com/Career/2009/030130bossact/

Here is a great article on the viewpoint from the bottom looking up.  As one might expect, as a greenhorn, one always thinks there are better, faster, easier ways and the management is out of touch, and not making the best decisions.  But as we grow older and wiser, and move up the chain, our view widens and we gain wisdom.  Here is the article:

On my way up through the ranks, one thing never changed -- I always thought I knew more than my immediate bosses did.

Often over beer, and always around performance review/salaryadjustment time, I'd grouch about how out of touch the old guys were(at that time, middle managers in their mid-thirties), and how muchbetter things would be if I, who didn't yet have any managementexperience, were running the show.

Better that is, until someone pointed out that those old guymanagers could have been thinking the same thing when they were my age.Damn.

And then that someone made it worse by pointing out that, generallyspeaking, management doesn't get to become management by accident, thatthe reason these people got to be where they are is because they'reable to do certain things, see certain things, that others, includingme, couldn't.

As the years passed, the "my management doesn't understand me" rant lost all its steam. Especially when I became one of 'em.. more . .

I hope you enjoy it and thankd to Ken Hanley for this great info

Jack

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