Finally, I can blog about something that's been being kicked around in various forms for a while now. Today, it was officially announced that I got promoted to managing the entire sysadmin group at $WORK, as "Manager of Systems Administration". I now have people who report to me, which is kinda scary in and of itself, but I've done "interim" management of a team in the past, and I know I can handle it.
The only awkward part of the promotion is that a good friend of mine (who let me know about the job opening in the first place) is now one of my direct reports, but we've known each other for well over a decade now, so we should be able to sort that out.
Definitely feels weird to be "management", especially since it was something I had always really tried to stay away from (heck, even mocking Radwin and Jeremy when they made that change). Overall I'm excited though. Can't wait to see what comes next.
Congrats! I'm technically in "management" as well, though with no staff reporting to me, and no real authority. Hmmm...
WOW! Congrats! But then we know you've got the ability to do it! Way to Go!
Heh... does this mean you get to hire people? :D
You were already a Yankee fan, I didn't think you could be more evil. I was wrong. :)
And what's this about Jeremy? I didn't know he had people reporting to him. I mean, I know there are hundreds of people that would voluntarily do as he said, but didn't realize he was signing off on anyone's expense reports.
Feel free to mock me. I'm very mockable.
Maybe I should go blog something now.
I've never been a manager. Of course, that doesn't mean you can't mock me anyway... :-)
Congratulations on the promotion. Being an opinionated guy, I suspect you'll relish being a manager.
You should do a writeup in 6 months on how being mgmt. is what you expected, or not, and how it changes your viewpoint.
So does that mean you get a new hair style, PHB?