Jacob and Marcia

Lately, I’ve become increasingly enamored with a woman named Kathy Sierra. Ok, not really with her – I don’t even know her – but with her writing. Kathy’s post today is particularly striking. “Success” should not mean “Management” basically questions the entire model of how promotions in business work. She points out that while businesses always want to promote their people into management positions, a lot of people (especially technical people like programmers and engineers) don’t want those jobs. They take them because the pay and benefits are better, but they don’t necessarily involve doing the things they actually want to do.