A snippet from the new org chart at Tod’s office
When Tod’s boss unexpectedly left the company last week, the Prism team were left adrift in the midst of a lot of work. Tod took charge to make sure everything continued smoothly, and now it’s been made official - he’s a manager with two people reporting to him.
Tod always swore he didn’t want to move into management, preferring his purely technical role, but he is truly excited about this. Managing the Prism team means he gets to set the direction for the project, something he is eager to do as he sees more potential for it than his recent managers have done.
He must quickly learn the ins and outs of all the people management tasks, too. By the end of the month he’s got to come up with annual objectives and a review plan for his two engineers. I know he’ll manage.
Congratulations, Tod!
Posted by kuri at March 09, 2007 08:35 AMCongrats Tod - this is a great new challenge - and well deserved no doubt.
Posted by: T on March 9, 2007 02:52 PMCongrats Tod. I’ve no doubt you’ll do well. Management can be incredibly rewarding but frustrating, too. Congrats again.
Posted by: Seth on March 9, 2007 03:35 PMI’d like to add my congratulations,Tod.
Posted by: Fran on March 10, 2007 10:18 PMYay Tod!
Posted by: Jenn on March 10, 2007 11:14 PMCongrats Tod!
Posted by: MJ on March 11, 2007 03:13 AMWoohooo Tod!!! Well done! I hope you enjoy the new challenge!
Posted by: j-ster on March 11, 2007 08:31 AMThanks everyone. I wish Kristen would hurry up and blog something else!
Posted by: devin on March 12, 2007 10:14 PMWho rocks? Tod rocks.
Posted by: UltraBob on March 14, 2007 03:48 PMs/Manager/Evil Overlord/
Posted by: UltraBob on March 15, 2007 04:26 PMYou are ready for this new challenge—way to go!!
Hey Tod,
Congrats on the promotion! I supervise 25 engineers and it can be like baby-sitting for grown ups…….What you think you’re going to do (all those lofty, great plans to improve things) vs. what you end up focusing on is alway an eye-opener……
Good luck….
Luke
Posted by: Luke McQuillin on March 16, 2007 08:41 PMOmedeto!
I’m trying to maneuver myself into more “relaxed” position in the department. Funny it pays better (^^)
Wow Tod! Great news!
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
and Hurray!!!
