RE: Aging out was RE: job-hunt weirdness

Subject: RE: Aging out was RE: job-hunt weirdness
From: davec <davec2468 -at- aim -dot- com>
To: TechWr-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:06:07 -0700

>To enlarge this discussion, I think the perception that a career must be
>always and forever "onward and upward" is a major flaw in American
>managerial thinking. I know several engineers and programmers who would
>prefer to quit and find another job rather than move into management.
>They got into their field because they like doing engineering or
>programming or whatever. To take them away from that and force them to
>do jobs they aren't trained for, don't like, and aren't very good at is
>stupid.
>
>Sarah

To anyone unfamiliar with the term, Google "Peter Principle".

Dave
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References:
Re: job-hunt weirdness: From: Erik Hare
RE: job-hunt weirdness: From: Dana Worley
Re: job-hunt weirdness: From: Peter Neilson
RE: job-hunt weirdness: From: McLauchlan, Kevin
RE: Aging out was RE: job-hunt weirdness: From: Leonard C. Porrello
Re: Aging out was RE: job-hunt weirdness: From: Gene Kim-Eng

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