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This is dead on. I think the biggest reason quality engineers turn unproductive is that they feel their efforts are wasted (pointless meetings, org policy requi

by rboyd 11y ago

This is dead on. I think the biggest reason quality engineers turn unproductive is that they feel their efforts are wasted (pointless meetings, org policy requiring some inferior tooling/platform/language, etc.) Those engineers are usually fairly vocal about obstacles. Managers should learn to interpret this signal, suss out the root cause (usually easy) and eliminate it (usually hard). Twitter might actually be better served by promoting some set of the folks that landed on the cut list.

rdtsc 11y ago
> suss out the root cause (usually easy) and eliminate it (usually hard). Well in this case it maybe what happened. They are eliminating the root cause -- the actors ;-) Basically always think twice and watch your back. HR is not your friend to confide in, being disgruntled and pointing to issues need to be done carefully. In an irrational organization it will backfire -- you are labeled as a disgruntled trouble-maker.