Those who code/test - Engineers; Those who can't, People Managers

For Indian techies, there are lot of reasons for so-called popular obsession of choosing management as a career option. Lots of my senior colleagues opted for being Project Managers in most of the IT services companies. Few give reason that there is no other way for 'growth' in engineering until one reaches higher-ladder (Management) cadre, few say that they are extra-smart enough to interact with clients, bring business to company and run the programs efficiently and thats what drives the tech business. There are few ones who ca and few are compelled by the social restrictions who feel inferior if they remain engineer for more than 5 years of their technical career.

According to them, one who is managing resources and program schedules sitting in cabin, is 'levels' above than those who write code on IDEs sitting in their cubie. They make themselves happy by thinking that they have a broader idea about the overall product without being knowing about single feature implementation. They have the so-called 'power' of manging 'people' and their decisions are going to drive the overall product/program.

more to come soon...