i love being a manager, except for the managing part.

Oh, joy of joys. Off to Germany tomorrow to see the team and to do some cosplay at being their manager.I love my job, in that it pays me money, which is nice. I work from home, and as long as the production servers don't go down I've a pretty easy life. We have two meetings with the team in the day, and I don't even go to the second one because it's all techie and I'll just ask stupid questions and look stupid. And if there's one thing I've learned over the years of being a manager is not to look stupid in front of the staff. They smell weakness, and as soon as they sense blood in the water, you're done for. I prefer a policy of casual detachment. In other words, I don't want to hear from you unless it's really urgent. So my days are long, my weeks longer but retirement inches closer every day. One day at a time, sweet Jesus. We just had a long weekend and I realised I quite like not having to go to work, so retirement can't come too soon for me. Only another 12 years, although the…