Re: job market for oracle developers?

Well saild.
IMHO, Effective PM and skilled developers are just 2 different animals. PM is like a politician dancing the cha-cha and bs the you know what out of the big wigs
and clients and...
the geeks are like...er Rambo.
Politicians are never geeks and vice vera,... Heck being in the NY area, many geeks I ever worked with are, I think mute or speak what sounds like English but one can hardly make out.

Kevin Gillins wrote in message ...
>I am not so sure. Although I think you are right in that a PM with some
>background in the tools may help, I feel that a good PM does not need to
>know the tools. They need to be able to read people and their estimates.
>When managing a project a good PM would solicit the developers for
 estimates
>of time to complete tasks. True in the early portion of a project there
 are
>unknowns and that too is expected. A good PM will be one that manages
>expectations very well, and keeps the project moving at a decent speed
 along
>with updating the expectations. Do not over promise and do a BUNCH of
>communication with EVERYONE. A good PM will also call things as they see
>them. If someone is being unrealistic in their estimates or expectations
>then a good PM would step up and shine light on the fact for everyone to
 see
>in order to manage it properly. Also, a good PM will go to bat for their
>developers and team members when management is calling them on the carpet.
>
>All of this takes someone with more political skills than coding and
>development skills. Again, having some idea and experience is good but
>other things are more important for a PM.
>Just my comments from experience.
>Kevin
Received on Fri Jul 26 2002 - 00:14:48 CEST