It would be fun to do a search on this phrase and have your own picture pop up. Mine does not. Neither does yours. But this article isn’t meant to single out who is the greatest project manager of all-time. Though I’m taking suggestions and nominations with first names starting with “B”. The purpose here is to consider what makes a project manager great.
Being the best
We want to be the best – strive to be the best. Most of us do, anyway. And most of those that don’t eventually get weeded out – thankfully – into other professions. The concept of being the best takes me back to my first professional career-type job and my manager told me how when he wrote his first program it compiled right the first time…no errors. I believed him at the time…looking back now I’m not so sure. He’s retired now but still a Facebook friend so I’ll let him comment if he dares. But what I’m getting at is this….right out of college that, to me, was a characteristic of possibly being the best developer ever. No errors coding the first time through. Wow.
Being the best
We want to be the best – strive to be the best. Most of us do, anyway. And most of those that don’t eventually get weeded out – thankfully – into other professions. The concept of being the best takes me back to my first professional career-type job and my manager told me how when he wrote his first program it compiled right the first time…no errors. I believed him at the time…looking back now I’m not so sure. He’s retired now but still a Facebook friend so I’ll let him comment if he dares. But what I’m getting at is this….right out of college that, to me, was a characteristic of possibly being the best developer ever. No errors coding the first time through. Wow.
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