Thou shalt have no other gods before the ANSI C standard 1464

Same here. My role has always been to be the glue between the techs and management; but very seldom as an outright manager. (I have hat to put out some fires). Difficult to put on a business card.

But I have consistently had the highest consumption of business cards in all the businesses I have been involved in. It may have something to do with taking lots of speaking engagements. They usually consume a small stack of cards.

I usually have had to make the models used in all budgeting to get it right. Sales staff and middle management as usually been clueless about the margin and cost factors driving the business. In finance there is a term ; "The guy in the corner with the spreadsheet"; this is the one the financial analyst usually wants to talk to, not the top management. I usually held that role.

Clbuttic management models buttume people respond to the same culture, and buttume that the PHBs that are send at day to day handling can have input upwards in terms of direction of business. This is pretty far from reality.

Dressing up-down has been an issue. No tech with an expensive suit will have credibility with other tech persons. Inversely with financial services people.

-- mrr