I am a recovering work-a-holic. In my first job I worked myself to the ground. At one point I was unable to sleep and led a very unhealthy life. This contributed to me hitting the wall. Since then I have been more conscious about how I manage my time and how to handle pressure.
I started programming with edlin in MS-DOS using batch files. Later on I evolved into doing Turbo Pascal and at some point I went to a school where they thought C++, Power Builder and Java. Luckily at that moment something crazy started happening, this thing called World Wide Web.
You will see people grow when given an opportunity and an end goal which is somewhat clear. It can of course fail too. But, more often than not giving people an opportunity will get a. positive reaction.
I I’m have interviewed for higher management positions during my career. A fair question one would think given that as a higher position manager you’ll have some other managers below you. However, there is one thing I’ve seen many places which too many higher level managers miss.
