This might be a little odd for me to post here but regardless:
The abrupt rise to hyper-respectability of managerial schools and their matching with large corporations led by technocrats has had the astonishing effect of confusing management with leadership. And if leadership is reduced to management, well then, problems are not to be solve. They are to be managed. In fact, the are no longer problems.
Something to think about as I head off for my MBA.
Nothing has really happened on the Rotman front for quite a while. This post is more related to leaving work.
Most people at work now know that I’m going to be leaving to return to school. I’ve started to notice that I’m getting treated a little differently even though I wont be leaving for months. For one, there are these constant remarks about how I’m probably not worrying about the maintenance of my current project since I’m just going to leave.
It’s quite annoying. I’m not sure what’s causing people to make these remarks but I do take some offense to them. I pride myself on the work I’m producing. The problems I’m solving are unbelievably difficult and complex and it’s a great feeling to be tackling them piece-by-piece. My project plan has me finishing up all the features in June, leaving pleanty of time to find and fix bugs. I’m also trying to make sure that the project will be as easy to maintain as possible: external documentation, javadoc, “tech-tips,” and a wiki.
I’m sure that the people making these comments don’t intend to cause offense, they are all really nice people. Either way, it bothers me a bit.
I wonder if others leaving their current jobs are finding the same thing? It might just be an affliction of the software industry—once you put some code into the project, it’ll be there forever. You have to maintain it; If the person who developed it just hacked something together, you’re eventually going to pay for it… big time.
I just found out that Windows XP can run on Macs without any crazy hacks. Using a program released by Apple, you can repartition your Mac and burn a Windows XP disk that will let your Intel-based Mac boot up XP.
This is very good news for me. I’ve been a Mac user for the last 5-6 years and was dreading the switch back to Windows when I got to Rotman. Now that the Mac Book Pro can run Windows Natively, I doubt that Rotman can make any valid excuse for why I can’t use a Mac laptop instead of a clunky PC laptop.
Another good thing is the timing–hopefully by the start of August the new version of OS X will be out and all of the Mac Book issues will be sorted out.
Today looks like a good day.