My boss is looking into hiring a VB/VBScript developer. This is a good thing. Today, I floated the idea that this person should report to me, wondering what my boss would think. His initial reaction was “No.” But then he started to think and asked me why I thought so. I gave him a pretty solid business case. He’s going to think about it. My hunch is that it won’t happen, but I got him thinking.

I’ve never really managed people before, so this would be something new to me. However, it’s one of my long term career goals.