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Comment on Project management or technical? by Rob T

Rob T — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:59:59 +0000

If you are capable of doing the technical stuff, project management will bore you to tears after the initial novelty has worn off (probably in about a month). There are two main types of projects, the ones that don’t need the project manager to do anything more exciting than watching paint dry, and the disasters where the best project manager in the world isn’t going to fix them anyway – it’s the techical people who are going to solve the real problems, not some BS merchant making PowerPoirt presentations.

I used to do both at once. The biggest project I ever ran involved half a dozen companies and about 10 university research departments, spread over several different countries. It ran for 4 years with a budget of a several million dollars. Actually **managing** it took about 2 hours a week maximum – less than the amount of time wasted on having to go to pointless meetings and writing pointless progress reports that nobody read anyway. That still left abotu 50 – 60 hours a week (yes really!) for doing interesting technical stuff …
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Comment on Project management or technical? by Dan S

Dan S — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:29:59 +0000

Follow your bliss and you will never work a day in your life; the technical job.

The manager job is good, but in a small company there is not much room for growth. Also it is a well know cliche’ of a manager who doesn’t know or hasn’t even done work in his own field. How does that person manage; poorly.

You like the technical aspect and say that yourself. You have more room for growth in the larger company, you will get the technical experience that you need to become a good manager, you can always try for management later, but going from management down to technical is usually a step backward. Finally, you said it in your last sentence; you don’t feel qualified enough to take the management spot.
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Comment on Project management or technical? by Percy

Percy — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:01:59 +0000

It is not impossible but usually, you cannot manage a project if you do not understand the design and implementation aspects of the project. Furthermore, you should do what makes you feel more comfortable. The lower pay in the technical job will not matter if it is only 10 percent less than that of the management job.

Dan has given you a first-class answer — follow his advice.
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Comment on Buran – Orbiter Space Flight Simulator 2006 by T2allivedlac

T2allivedlac — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:23:14 +0000

very cool! Please …
very cool! Please check out my orbiter videos.

Comment on Buran – Orbiter Space Flight Simulator 2006 by Joko51295

Joko51295 — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:23:13 +0000

there wont be a …
there wont be a newer version then 2006 p1

Comment on Buran – Orbiter Space Flight Simulator 2006 by jgdogg441

jgdogg441 — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:23:13 +0000

there is no fs2006. …
there is no fs2006…only 2004 and X

Comment on Buran – Orbiter Space Flight Simulator 2006 by rseferino

rseferino — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:23:13 +0000

fs2006? is “Orbiter …
fs2006? is “Orbiter Space Flight Simulator 2006″ see google

Comment on Buran – Orbiter Space Flight Simulator 2006 by joachim2464

joachim2464 — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:23:12 +0000

where do you get …
where do you get the hi res earth for 2006?

Comment on Buran – Orbiter Space Flight Simulator 2006 by sirben2

sirben2 — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:23:12 +0000

guys this isnt a …
guys this isnt a flight sim its ORBIT SPACE flight sim

Comment on Buran – Orbiter Space Flight Simulator 2006 by A86

A86 — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:23:11 +0000

They really should …
They really should resurrect the Buran to help the US space shuttle complete the ISS. The Buran could pick up the slack and take up modules they had to cancel because of the Columbia disaster.