Former manager, back to engineer checking in. I tried to practice the above, to an extent where possible. Sometimes upper management or other teams have a way

Former manager, back to engineer checking in. I tried to practice the above, to an extent where possible. Sometimes upper management or other teams have a way of interrupting engineers with stuff that isn't a priority. It happens. Most engineers "aren't bothered" but it does impede on current workloads. Another thing I practiced was only taking on low priority, or menial engineering tasks. I have seen some managers want to be directly involved with higher priority and larger efforts when really that isn't their role. Its good to keep hands on work, but don't take that away from your team.