Politician introduces bill to do away with IT overtime pay

[rcsteiner]

Originally Posted by NJBest

It's not as bad as it sounds. You only need to in that mode for 2 to 3 years. After that you're managing a team and you only need a high level overview of how things work. Everything else is covered by your budget and staff.

I find it interesting that some companies have team leads who are actually that young while others generally won't promote you to that position until you're at least in your 30's. Or 40's.

[rcsteiner]

Originally Posted by slackjaw

Whoever has this situation is doing it wrong. Most software devs I know work about 40-45 hours per week and have plenty of time for life outside of work.

New technologies keep it interesting.

The term "IT" covers a lot of ground. I twiddle bits and am somewhat similar to your above description (though I will sometimes work longer hours because it's a pet project and I WANT to work on it), but low-level sysadmins and such can work very long hours indeed.

[co95]

No one on teams I was part of made team lead or manager in 2-3 years. That's not enough time to become proficient or become leadership material. I believe 7-10 years is more appropriate. 2-3 years might be appropriate if you are leading kids, but not working adults with vested interests. The tendency to promote young is a very bad one. People need time to become tempered and experienced. There is no way I'm working for some kid 2-3 out of college when I've already forgotten more than they will know at that point. Maybe when they're 30 and have several projects and years of experience under their belt.
I have worked at places where the managers were too young and inexperienced and things went pear shaped very quickly for those teams. 22-year olds don't respect other 22-year olds. They simply don't. They respect 30 year-olds who have time and experience. You cannot learn much from people who have equal or less experience than you. They may can teach you a thing or two, but...
I want to work for and around people that know more than me. I like to be the least experienced (or close to it) one on the team so I can learn something from the people around me. The IT industry changes more than any other in a small amount of time and it's hard to keep up.