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| Manager Rosie? |
| 05.04.05 (4:11 pm) [edit] |
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I had my one on one meeting with the consultant today. This week we've had two guys in the office having meetings all day. They're here to help us streamline our documentation process. We had one group meeting yesterday and will have another tomorrow. The meeting I had with him today was mainly to tell him the process I follow before I actually get to write anything. He asked me if I felt the Documentation team needed a Documentation manager. My first instinct was to say yes because my boss (who got let go) took care of so many details which allowed me to do my job, which is to write. [Today I sat in a meeting which essentially told me that nobody would be checking over Documentation to ensure accuracy or that the online help works. I mean we've always had that experience, but this time, it was going to be formalised in a document.] Then I thought "do we really need a manager right now?" My coworker and I sort of have a handle on things right now, and I am not sure having just any manger would help -- especially at my company. Then the consultant asked me if management was something I would consider. I had always thought that I did not want to manage people. Maybe I am just afraid of the thought of dealing with other departments. I don't have hands on documentation management experience, but I have learned about it in courses, and I have seen it done by others. So I am feeling rather young for management. I wonder if my experience is enough to make me management material. Right now, I am thinking no. Also, I've done a very good job of remaining invisible around here. At meetings I don't speak. But the meetings I usually attend have almost nothing to do with me. I sit in so I know what's going on for particular projects. The throught process going into developing a new piece of functionality is not important to me. What gets developed is. So this bug that he's put in my ear has just made me think. It doesn't necessarily mean anything will come of it. He will be proposing something to our CTO in terms of Documentation for the company. I am dying to talk to my coworker about this (not the management part, but what direction we want to take the Docs group in. How many people do we want? What would each be responsible for?) Right now is our chance to have some input, which I think is exciting. |
posted by: lynne (reply)
post date: 05.05.05 (4:40 am)
That is some exciting work stuff.
Personally... I have done the management thing and I didnt like it so much. It is a hard job.
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