Hi..
I’m Nurul, 25 from Malaysia. I was working as a programmer for 5 years and being promoted to be ‘Analyst Programmer’ and ‘System Analyst’ within a year. Recently, I’ve been promoted again. My position now is ‘Development Manager’, which meaning MORE meetings, MORE documentations, MORE researches etc. I DO like R&D.. but I like programming more. I mean, I like to learn new technology and use it to design something.. program a system. I’m reporting to 2 managers. Both of them are really nice and they are willing to teach me to become a Manager, which I really thankful for that. The problem is, I don’t know whether I am ready to become a manager or not. I still love doing debugging, coding and programming. I’m afraid, if I continue mymanagers’ work, I’ll forget about my technical skills, which I love the most.
I really want to take the MCSE and MCSD exams. But since I’ve been promoted to be a ‘Development Manager’, I do not know whether it’s realiable and good for me anymore.
I know, I am earning more than my friends with my age. But I feel I’m loosing my skills and my expertise. I wanted to as to be ‘demoted’ back to ‘System Analyst’, but it would be a ridiculous request.
Please help me out.
Thanks & Regards.
uc
