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My Almost-daily Journal |
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| About I love trying out new things, especially when it comes to internet technology. I never really kept a journal, but it's something that I've always wanted to do. Now, everybody will get a chance to look inside my twisted, and somewhat-warped mind.
I've also subscribed to Audio Blog, so a few times a week, I'll leave actual voice blogs. Very cool!XML Newsfeed Previous Posts
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Wednesday, November 26, 2003
Program Management I can honestly say that I'm pretty happy with my new program management position with Decoma. I've been a program manager before, so managing multiple "issues" is not new to me. However, working for a competent OEM, and "mentoring" under a competent program manager is new. The Decoma way is usually sink-or-swim. Decoma only hires seasoned veterans when it comes to engineers or program managers, and they expect people to pick up the ball and run with it, with little to no questions. This concept just adds to the stress of performing your day-to-day duties, since you're usually spending most of your time trying to understand a new system, a new OEM, etc. I've never been one to admit that I'm ever "under someone's wing", but I'm actually happy that someone is looking out for me. It's actually a nice match, since I'm the youngest PM on the GM account and I have no idea how GM operates. The stress levels are subdued because we're actually both working on the same issues together. I miss the IT side a little bit, and I especially miss strictly managing the day-to-day activities of the development center. The reason is that development work and IT work is not usually a production environment, where you're "in-the-face" of the customer 24/7. I especially don't like getting calls by GM at 7pm on my cell phone when I'm at home taking a bubble bath. There are advantages though... PM's are the front line's and first contacts with the OEM's, and we're the ones that make all the sourcing decisions, as well as negotiated piece price and tooling costs. That's a pretty powerful position, and suppliers are always trying to do something to sway your sourcing decision to their company. I will miss the free time that I usually had between coffee breaks and bathroom break where I could jump in and log into dinofilias.com to debate a little about pacifists and lemmings. Working on websites during lunch is bye-bye. No time for that anymore. posted by Dino at 1:34 AM (permanent link) |