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Is it possible that through expanding the, what I believe to be, unconstitutional power of surveillance that they are actually weakening it and providing an opportunity for it to be fought against by the ACLU (or other civil liberty groups)?
I do like the idea of it of aggregated and real time feedback from the viewers however, My only suggestion is to make the cheers and jeers a little less intrusive. I'm just not that interested in the peanut gallery and, (for me) it interferes with the fluidity of the very short time frame people have to talk.
Great work though - I'm very interested to see how this does.
1) Me, personally: I wouldn't ask for a raise (and this might be me just being pedantic) but I'd ask IF the role change has a scheduled raise and what is to be expected. I'd use this answer to help me make a decision. I'd (me, personally) would assume the role would have a minor raise and future raises based on my performance in that new job. I'd try to secure a 15-20 percent increase in pay for moving to a manager role - which, btw, is hard. Moving into a manager role means learning a new job - this isn't (or shouldn't be) your other job with a couple new responsibilities. This is an entirely new job that isn't your old job... sure, you can help people when they ask but that is entirely different than hiring/firing, writing people up, or trying to determine what sort of a raise somebody deserves.
2) Be humble. Find a mentor. Read a lot. Be humble. Be humble, be humble. I believe that power exposes more than it corrupts but it can also corrupt. Work from goals. Give clear expectations. Also, you may not like this role. I've hired a lot of developers leaving their company because they were great developers that were put into management roles and learned to hate it. Good luck! Me, I love it. (to each their own)
3) Learn. Read. Read. Learn. Read... and remember: In theory practice always works, in practice theory doesn't - You are now dealing with PEOPLE not COMPUTERS. People are emotional beings and often unknowingly irrational. HOW you say something is much more important than WHAT you say.
Lastly - learn to manage UP as much as you learn to manage DOWN.
Best of luck!