would have been a better idea for RIM to reinvent themselves once they started getting serious competition back in 2007, not as their last ditch effort to avoid bankruptcy.
going through this right now. It's tough. The great managers I've worked under in the past were pretty much 100% managers. whenever they had delusions that they could pick up a small coding task, they'd end up being brought off task by managerial duties and would delay the rest of development. Obviously, different people can balance this, and every company is different.
When I started my job as a fresh-out-of-college SW Engineer, one of the more senior guys there suggested I read The Psychology of Computer Programming (I later went on to find out that this co-worker had some editor credits in it), which talks about ego-less programming. I did adopt a lot of the message in my work style, though I feel it goes a little far by suggesting an engineer not say statements like "I believe that..." or "I think this is better". I think that there's some amount of ownership, excitement, and conviction in an engineer's approach that adds to the project's success. There's definitely the chance that this goes over the line, and then I see examples such as in the article above ("oh, I've been here before so I know why this approach is the best so I don't need to value your opinion). Good read.
trying to get out of the fusion into a Focus ST. The Fusion's great, especially in the winter, I just miss the manual transmission hot-hatch world. If you know someone looking, please forward this around.
A) That's awesome.
B) It's sad to look at the points for those posts, maybe due to the lack of visibility or the idea, but 2, 1, 4, 10, 2 ,3,3, 1,2, 2, 1, 85 (oooh)
that's an interesting issue. wonder if it'd be useful (or just abused) to have a "Show HN" link-filter on top for people who are interested in those kinds of posts (which I'm hoping to Show NH something soon too, so certainly a biased opinion)
I think it's a tough sell as networking can also help companies to broaden horizons, make new business leads, and grow. Is there any research into employees who leave based on LinkedIn contacts rather than just searching a dice.com or monster.com?
This "article" is pure speculation, and not even based on a real expression of opinion or data... RIM shouldn't and won't be bailed out, worst case bought out by Microsoft/Nokia/Palm/HP
Have you voiced your concerns at work, would they be perceptive to increasing your tasks that you enjoy or not? if not, then I agree with the other commenter in that you should line up another opportunity first, unless you have enough resources to float around for a bit.