Posted by Pavel Lepin on 08/13/07 13:42

Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in
<Goydnb86ofrT1l3bnZ2dnUVZ_jmdnZ2d@comcast.com>:
> Pavel Lepin wrote:
>> David Gillen <Belial@RedBrick.DCU.IE> wrote in
>> <slrnfc0dq2.h3v.Belial@murphy.redbrick.dcu.ie>:
>>> Godfather said:
>>>> Please Show me the best way to learn PHP in 1 week.I
>>>> want to manage a group of PHP Programmers.
>>>>
>>> You don't need to know any PHP to be a manager. In fact
>>> I think most programmers would prefer it if their
>>> manager didn't think they knew how to code.
>>
>> I must disagree. The best project manager I've ever
>> worked under was actually a very capable programmer
>> himself--and that showed. On the other hand, he also was
>> extremely good at refraining from backseat driving, so
>> there is something to the idea that good managers don't
>> tinker with gizmos and whatchamacallits, no matter how
>> good or bad at tinkering they are.
>
> There's a huge difference between a manager and a project
> manager.

Point.

> A project manager needs to know the languages involved. A
> manager is an administrative person and needs much less
> technical knowledge.

I'm fairly certain the OP was talking about a project
manager/team leader position, though. Real pointy-haireds
don't manage PHP programmers IME, they manage 'stuff'.

--
"Patience is a minor form of despair, disguised as
virtue." -- Ambrose Bierce

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