Robert X. Cringely explains why I get passed up for Management jobs!

I am a big fan of Robert's columns. This one explains why people like us get overlooked for management positions. I am finally beginning to understand. Take a gander at Door Number Three.

There’s a point to all these firing stories and they actually do relate to IT. I’m typical of a lot of IT types. You know us. We are useful but sometimes a pain in the ass. We have opinions and speak our minds and don’t suffer fools at all. We stand up to authority from time to time. Sometimes we’re wrong. We get fired a lot and hired a lot, too, because we are generally useful, though dangerous.