Malvolio meets the 21st Century

[Zippy]

I don't hate it and really hope things get better for you - and soon.

[sasguru]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

I'd give money to see the look on Malvolio's face after reading SAS's post!

<Lady Bracknell>

TECH-NI-CAL??????!!!!!??????

<Lady Brachnell/>

I'm not sure what's so funny?

It's simple supply and demand - anyone can get PRINCE and ITIL qualifications and many do hence the glut now that the froth is off the eceonomy. I'm not saying that some people with those quals are not very good - but there are a large amout fo bull-tulipters as well.

In a recession, clever people with a track record, technical skills as well as business and communications skills are in demand and will never lack work. Actually such people are rare even in boom times.

[cojak]

Not laughing at your post SAS - very sensible advice.

But that is the reaction that some PMs haved to the advice of returning to technical specialisms..

(Just teasing Mal too... )

[malvolio]

I understand what you say, but I gave up technical about 20 years ago, after I realised I was on my 13th operating system and seventh programming language. I know how all the modern technology works, just don't ask me to fix or change it!

SEerously I'm not getting "PM" roles since most of them are as you say, tehcnical implementation stuff. The senior roles I'm qualified for are scarce and there is a lot of very good opposition. If I can get the interviews I'd have a fighting chance of landing the gig (in fact I have done that twice, but both roles got cancelled...), but there are just too many layers in the way these days and it's all a bit of a lottery. That's why I'm bitching about agencies taking the easy way out rather than actually doing the job they claim they do.

[xoggoth]

Don't take that thing too seriously about length of time out ruining your chances. I've had longer out and then got a contract and when that ended I walked straight into another.

[bogeyman]

I understand what you say, but I gave up technical about 20 years ago, after I realised I was on my 13th operating system and seventh programming language. I know how all the modern technology works, just don't ask me to fix or change it!

SEerously I'm not getting "PM" roles since most of them are as you say, tehcnical implementation stuff. The senior roles I'm qualified for are scarce and there is a lot of very good opposition. If I can get the interviews I'd have a fighting chance of landing the gig (in fact I have done that twice, but both roles got cancelled...), but there are just too many layers in the way these days and it's all a bit of a lottery. That's why I'm bitching about agencies taking the easy way out rather than actually doing the job they claim they do.

Well there you go.

You definitely sound like 'Golgafrincham B Ark' material

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/hitchhiker...frincham.shtml

[malvolio]

Well there you go.

You definitely sound like 'Golgafrincham B Ark' material

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/hitchhiker...frincham.shtml

I was a fully qualified UN*X sysadmin, fairly well known VMS expert and could code C and related structured languages. I could probably pick up the new stuff fairly easily, I just got bored doing it and there are lot more people out there that are better than I would be. I can't even be bothered to pick up something noddy like Joomla these days

Don't forget I usually sit between IT and the business communites. I see the tin and wires as merely a collection of capabilities and control interfaces, and coders as a means to get users to the data. I probably know more about IT in general than any given technical expert. I'm certainly not out of date.

[bogeyman]

I was a fully qualified UN*X sysadmin, fairly well known VMS expert and could code C and related structured languages. I could probably pick up the new stuff fairly easily, I just got bored doing it and there are lot more people out there that are better than I would be. I can't even be bothered to pick up something noddy like Joomla these days

Don't forget I usually sit between IT and the business communites. I see the tin and wires as merely a collection of capabilities and control interfaces, and coders as a means to get users to the data. I probably know more about IT in general than any given technical expert. I'm certainly not out of date.

So why are you out of work?

[sasguru]

So why are you out of work?

Ooof! I felt that!

[bogeyman]

Ooof! I felt that!

I think it must be his modesty that inhibits him.