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Boy do I really disagree with you there. We just had a guy with a marketing background. His personnel and organizational skills were fantastic, and everyone really liked him as a person, but his technical knowledge (or lack thereof) really hurt us badly. He would make decisions with users that when he came back to inform us of the decisions, in most cases, we had to argue against him, before he saw the light, and then had to return to the user with the rectified plan. This made this very intelligent guy look a real scmuck. He is now back in marketing, doing really good, and we have a new manager, technically knowledgable, but as a manager, leaves A LOT to be desired. >>> "Smith, Nelson" <NSmith@lincare.com> 05/24/02 09:22AM >>> Also, most shops I've seen are "managed" by ex-programmers who only have time to fight the daily fires and have not had the time/inclination to "keep up" technically, and don't wan't their programmers using techniques that they themselves are not familiar with. Because of their programming background, such managers believe that they need to be able to maintain the code themselves, in an emergency. Personally, I believe non-programmers make much better managers. Antiquated skill sets don't get in the way. Project, personnel, and organizational skills are much more important management skills than technical knowhow. > I think that the RPG400-L community as a whole *is*, in fact, more > aggressive in learning and utilizing multiple languages than the general > AS/400 IT population. Most of the negative comments regarding the use of > a > new/unused language *usually* stems from an ugly, but recurring, business > reality. Some like to call it the "Mack truck syndrome"; if I'm doing a > lot > of programming in REXX and I get hit today by a Mack truck, who's going to > maintain my code? Frankly, since there aren't that many AS/400 > professionals that know REXX, most companies would probably scrap my REXX > apps and start from scratch. That is why most companies keep a tight rein > on the tools they allow their programmers to use. > > ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************ This message originates from Lincare Holdings Inc. It contains information which maybe confidential or privileged and is intended only for the individual or entity named above. It is prohibited for anyone else to disclose, copy, distribute or use the contents of this message. All personal messages express views solely of the sender, which are not to be attributed to Lincare Holdings Inc., and may not be copied or distributed without this disclaimer. If you received this message in error, please notify us immediately at MailAdmin@lincare.com or (800) 284-2006. ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************ _______________________________________________ This is the RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries (RPG400-L) mailing list To post a message email: RPG400-L@midrange.com To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/rpg400-l or email: RPG400-L-request@midrange.com Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/rpg400-l.
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