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That's why it is justifiable to treat an engineer as a tool ? And since you brought it up, let's start one on science/engineering solutions vs. management. Obvi
by zippy786 11y ago
That's why it is justifiable to treat an engineer as a tool ? And since you brought it up, let's start one on science/engineering solutions vs. management. Obviously you think the later is harder, I disagree.
- nostrademons 11y agoForget justifiable - no, it's not justifiable. It is necessary, in many circumstances. There are circumstances where your continued employment with a company will lead to worse consequences for you and everybody else there than if you're let go. I also didn't say management is harder than engineering, I said "more constrained". I believe that it's harder to be a good manager than a good engineer, but it's harder to be an average engineer than an average manager. And that again comes from constraints: a good manager tries to do right by everybody, while an average manager doesn't care. You have the option of ignoring your constraints in both professions, but an engineer that ignores his constraints won't make any progress at all, while a manager that ignores his constraints can sometimes muddle through until all of his people quit.
- zippy786 11y agoSeems like managers do things that are not justifiable and get away with it, whereas brunt work is done by engineers. Managers can't be trusted then, because they can get away with it ? So who is to decide if the consequence to let someone go, block raise/bonus is not because of the need of the company but because of the greed of managers ?