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Subject:RE: Should I be job hunting? From:Mpschiesl -at- ra -dot- rockwell -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 28 Sep 1999 09:15:58 -0500
>No technical writer with less than two years experience should be in a
>managerial position. He probably has very little to teach you, and his
lack of
>attention to his supervisory duties does not speak well for his mentoring
>abilities. I suggest you start actively looking for another job.
This sounds like this is asking for dissension in the ranks. Putting a
private over sergeants and lieutenants is not a good idea. There are
exceptions here (if they were four-time winners of the Nobel prize or
if they have some extensive training in management that no one else has).
I didn't catch the beginning of this thread, but it doesn't sound like
this is the case.
