It’s easy to feel like you are kicked to the side as a technical writer at times but I am convinced that in order to prosper in today’s climate being a technical writer requires a certain amount of leadership skills in order to be effective. While it may not be, the traditional leadership in the sense of a PMP certified project manager but leadership nonetheless.
A younger manager in charge of older workers is a hot topic in some corners. There is a lot of feel good fluff written favoring the younger manager. Some of these articles fill their heads with all sorts of things — most of which that aren’t good for an experienced project team and their projects. Don’t get me wrong, I am the first to say that there is a wisdom in youth and a wisdom in age. I just have found way too much of a slant against older workers in some of these articles that doesn’t match with what I see in the real world.
I’ve had the fortune of working for some younger managers and clients on projects that prospered because of the manager. But on the flip side, I had the misfortune of working with some who felt entitled to the position or their graduate degree was some key to the city.
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