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They call those middle managers and these are the same people companies are letting go and will have a difficult time landing a job in this market. Always good to be a hands on leader that has technical skill sets.
Where in my comment does micro managing come?
The problem isn't you. It is companies using wordsmiths and AI to write job descriptions. Every company thinks they are a household name brand. (They aren't) The job descriptions are loaded with far too many adjectives and superlatives.
Example: R&T, the Northern Hemisphere's globally leading provider is seeking a shaman-level expert in cross-functional manual manipulation of the non-gender specific, subcutaneous homo sapien musculoskeletal interfacing systems while positioned on the x axis in either supine or prone relativity functioning in a low illumination ecosystem enhanced with multi-tonal auditory stimuli produced by pre-recorded electronic means under licensure of appropriate authorities at the state or local level of government oversight. BDSM Degree in Phrenology, astrophysics, machine learning, or GED and 135 years experience preferred.
Just tell me you are looking for a massage therapist!
EXACTLY 💯
Well, understanding your limitations as a business person puts you far ahead of most. The most important thing you can do as a business person is gather together the people that do have those skills. Business people, by and large, don't do things, and a lot of trouble is caused when they think that they can do things. Thus, the increasingly probematic "everyone is a designer" trend, which was meant to encourage input from all corners, but has lead to business people deciding they could design just as well as professionals.
I understand that pain. My entire career has been taking ridiculous titles (see above), justifying paying an MBA in MIS and Accounting with hands-on database dev experience and CSM and CSPO certs sometimes 60% less than market value, being given senior manager responsibilities (“We’re going to lose $10+ Million in revenue from X Fortune 200 client if we don’t crunch numbers and show them we can solve their project problems! Do it in your clerical role, or else!”), and then being denied promotions over and over again.
But a lot of the things you listed that you “can’t do”, you don’t need to learn it as in-depth as everyone says you have to. You’re not expected to be a MacGyver (ok, I am, and companies still lay me off) if you are going into a management role.
To address UI/UX design, go onto Figma as a free account user, and just take a half hour each night to play around! If you’re good with multiple slide decision paths in PowerPoint or old school Hypercard, Figma is the same concept!
You need to learn BPMN or UML process design, jump on Diagrams.Net, and play around with their tool set. It’s free, does TONS more than Visio, and you can save your work files as XML exports on your personal machine.
Want to say you know something about AI? Jump on Character.AI, and define a character (Just made a medical/dental chat bot with Patrick McNee’s voice as a demo for smart vs stupid uses of AI to solve customer needs).
A lot of the things hiring managers say they’re looking for, they don’t even understand what they want until you say that one insightful thing.
Best example I can give: I was at Nabisco for a while when we were trying to learn how to implement Lean Six Sigma on the Ritz Cracker line. I felt like an idiot because no one was able to define what I was supposed to be doing without the flowery corporate-speak language. So, while these engineers are frantically trying to scale back from doing six sigma to 1 sigma or half a sigma, I go blue collar and decide to walk the line for inspiration.
I wind up finding half the Ritz Crackers we baked smashed into crumbs next to the heat sealing robots that close the ends of the brown cellophane tubes before they go in the box. Then I come back to the engineers, and tell them “You know, I can find you fifty percent cost savings right now! Want to look?”
Guess what? You do have skills, and skills they need. It's hard being a "non practitioner`', but what devs want most is just to have people use their work, and you make that happen. Many open source software gurus running big communities and companies are not actually coders; they are just good at evangelising what so many coders can't because the don't have the skills to do so. Chin up, you're much more valuable than you give yourself credit for.
Can you manage people, understand business processes and connect how technology enhances the business? Always valuable there. Reach out to your connections and ask them what your strengths would be to them and the business.
If you aren't keeping your skills up to date, if you aren't trying to stay relevant in tech which is always changing, then that's kind of on you. I say this as someone who works in big tech also. If you feel like you want to be closer to the "doing," maybe you could pick up some of the work from your ICs.
I'm an IC. I have always received good performance reviews but then I feel I cannot really do anything when I look for a new job and read the requirements. I'm back to uni this year and I will start working with a coach & a mentor soon
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What are you going to do about that?
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You have to study it in your mind. That's part of the metamorphosis to sit with your own thoughts and forge a path.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Man_Who_Knew_Everything
This was many years ago. Feel secure that today no one knows everything. Sometimes, people who are highly valued in their field, however thinks that their opinion, regarding a different field, should be valued highly even though they know nothing about it. Perhaps they say things with conviction, even though it's completely wrong.
Yes, I am the same. And then I see people without knowledge get better jobs. Because they believe in themselves
Don't worry, you are not alone, at least I'm with you in the same boat
Don't worry, you are not alone, at least I'm with you in the same boat
I've been in that situation so many times, and I totally understand how it feels! Just remind yourself of all the things you CAN do. Focus on those valuable soft skills, and explore the technical skills you're genuinely interested in. If coding sparks your interest, dive in and learn—there are so many resources available these days! If design is your passion, take the time to read, learn, and practice. Remember, where you direct your thoughts shapes your reality. Concentrate on what you have and what truly inspires you rather than what you think you should have or what others know.
Relatable. I completely feel the same way.
yep, sounds like any manager ive worked with tbh
I definitely feel like I cannot keep up anymore with anything, especially in the Age of Machine Intelligence, hence I have embarked intentionally for the first time in over a decade to AI career path as a professional, & credentials to back it up by going back full time to unlearning, learning, and relearning
From my perspective, if you feel like you know everything about the job you are doing, you're in the wrong position. It's time to move up or find a different opportunity. If you already know everything, you are wasting your talents.
That said, if you are not employed and are looking, you need to do a self assessment to find your strengths. There are resources on the internet that can assist with this. Most reputable job placement services will also perform these assessments to help you find positions that match your skills and knowledge.
I hear you, felt similarly over the years. always worry about a zombie apocalypse, they wouldn't get on the boat with the skillset I posses. That said, I've just replaced the clutch cable on my motorbike, built a garden office + terrace only by consulting youtube ... so trying to work on learning life skills, so that I'm ready
Go to your local library jump on LinkedIn learning and learn a New skill, don't short change yourselves or devalue yourself take the time and write down all your skills and see how they transfer into other rolls you'll be surprised at how much you actually know Don't focus on what you can't do instead. Find out what you want to do and want to learn and figure out a pathway to that
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I would say this is certainly common and normal
I have felt that way many, many, times. Your most valuable skill is the sum of your years of experience. Look outside the box. The tech industry is growing and morphing into many different segments. I too was an IT manager and I have had to look for jobs many times. Sometimes I took what I could find. I even tutored software and computer usage during covid. After I published my novels, I realized I liked to write and despite 2 degrees (BS computer science and MBA) a business continuity certification, I am now a technical writer. Don't get bogged down in what you used to do. Take some online training, explore Bus. analyst, AI, cyber security. Don't be afraid.