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Time To Turn In My Geek License
Apparently, I'm spending too much time doing management and turning into a PHB. No one seems to think I'm technically competent anymore. Some recent conversations:
While training a junior project manager:
Me: "So remember, with new tickets, ask a technical senior to help you estimate how many hours are required to complete the task ..."
A few days later, during the usual morning meeting discussing what tickets to create, prioritize, etc:
Me: "... so I think we should put this task in Milestone x, priority critical, estimated time 8 hours"
Jr: "Ok, sounds good. I'll go get an estimate from senior x and take care of it."
Me: "Wha ... didn't I just give you an estimate?"
Jr: "Yes, but you said I needed an estimate from a senior ..."
While showing a relatively new developer the rankings of everyone in Exoweb:
Me: "... and here we have the mid-levels devs, split in 3 sub levels. Finally, these are the seniors ..."
Dev: "Wait, you're considered a senior?"
After relating the above two incidents to yet another developer:
Me: "... so apparently they don't think I'm a senior anymore ..."
Dev: "Well, if you don't tell them, it's not obvious ..."
If anyone wants me, I'll be out getting a haircut, buying some suits and gaining a lot of weight ...
Looking Young
Consider yourself (and kaeru too) lucky as both of you looks WAY younger compare to your actual age, which still puzzles me deeply. Kaeru told me because both of you use python. :D