You Know You Dont Belong In Management When
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You envy the coders under you instead of your own boss.
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When the CEO asks whose fault it is that the project is late, you say, "Yours, Sir".
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You accidentally come to work with your shirt inside out.
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You cringe every time the phone rings.
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You use statistics and facts in meetings.
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When you go out and get drunk at night with your boss, you break down and start crying about how much you love Lisp.
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You try to explain to the CEO how the company will capture a new market by drawing a UML Interaction diagram.
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Your StarTrek-oriented metaphor doesn't work either
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You hold as important the needs of the consumer and the quality of what is produced for them over the magnitude of the bottom line.
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You can personally "sign" your work with pride.