Geeks vs Managers 
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How NOT to lead geeks
* * [NdT] Geek is not in the dictionary. Can be translated with the combination of passionate, geek, interesting, technology. When
geeks CNR Australian threatened to strike you risked paralysis of ATMs, cash registers in supermarkets and airport check-in. All this underlines the fact that IT has become so central in almost all the companies so that each gap has a high price in time and money also means that keeping the geeks happy at work is a prerequisite for the modern company .
The main reason why IT workers are unhappy at work is in bad relations with the management, often because geeks and managers have fundamentally different personalities, backgrounds and ambitions.
Some say that geeks hate managers and are impossible to govern. The term "managing geeks is like grazing cats" is sometimes used, but it is simply wrong. The fact is that IT people hate bad management and they have less tolerance than other categories of employees.
So what's wrong? I was a geek and I became the founder of an IT , so I was lucky enough to have experienced both. Here are the top 10 mistakes I've seen it done by managers in directing the geeks:
1. Minimize the formation
A My boss said, "training is a waste of money, adjusted by itself." The company closed two years later. Training is important, especially in IT, and managers must understand and put resources. Sometimes they answer that "if they formed the competition then I will drive them away." That may be true, but the alternative is too incompetent to have employees work elsewhere.
2. Do not give awards
Since managers can not understand the good work done by geeks, it is difficult for them to recognize and reward, which reduces the motivation. The solution is to work together to define a set of shared goals. When goals are met the geeks are doing a great job
3. Provide too much overtime
"Getting the Most Out of work from our geek, so do not have a private life" seems to be the approach of some managers. It 's a big mistake and overworked geeks will sell soon or just go to work elsewhere. In one famous case, a young IT worker was seized by a collapse from stress at work, was hospitalized, returned to work too early and again collapsed.
4. Use management-speak
Geeks hate management-speak and they perceive it as superficial and dishonest. No need for managers to learn the technical language, they should just avoid the misleading terms. You can say "We need proactive impact on the timing of commercial or natural language," We must be on time for this project. "
5. Try to be smarter than the geeks
When managers do not know a technical issue should just admit it. Geeks respect them for that, but if you pretend not to know. And they catch them: the geeks are smart.
6. Act in a manner inconsistent
Geeks have a strong sense of justice, probably because in the IT structure and consistency are critical. The documentation can not say one thing while the program does another. Similarly, managers can not say one thing and do another.
7. Ignore the geeks
Given that managers have different personalities and the geek, the manager may end up abandoning the geeks. This would involve: geeks need good leadership, like the rest of the staff.
8. Making decisions without consulting
Geeks often know the technical side of projects better than the manager, then make a decision without consulting technique is the biggest mistake a manager can do.
9. Do not give them equipment
A fast computer may cost more than an old and can not fall in standards, but geeks use computers in a different way. A slow computer can reduce productivity and is a daily stress. Similarly, the old software. Give them the equipment you need.
10. Forget that geeks are creative
Programming is a creative work, not industrial. Geeks must constantly produce new solutions to problems and rarely solve the same problem twice. Therefore they need freedom of action and flexibility. A strict dress code too much bureaucracy and cut down innovation. It also serves a creative environment to avoid "death by cubicle."
Do one or more of these errors (and I've seen managers who make them all ten) has serious consequences, including:
Low motivation
High turnover
Increased absenteeism
Low productivity
Low quality
A disservice
Geeks are geeks happy production, and the most important factor is the good leadership suited to their situation.
Warning:
I'm not saying that all geeks are the same. Geeks are very different from each other and this article generalizes dangerously.
I'm not saying that all employees are IT geeks. Some others do not. I certainly do.
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