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The first thing I do is work to gain enough political leverage so that I can manage my own time.
by troels 8y ago
The first thing I do is work to gain enough political leverage so that I can manage my own time.
- mosselman 8y agoCan you give an example of how you’d do this?
- raverbashing 8y agoUnnamed envelopes left on people's desks?
- troels 8y agoIn the broadest sense, by gaining the trust of people and by showing initiative, rather than waiting for someone else to dictate what I should be working on.
- yitchelle 8y agoSounds like a nasty place to be in if the first time you do is politically based.
- falcolas 8y agoIt's a hard lesson, but everything in a company is driven by politics. Technical skills will only get you so far - maybe to the senior individual contributor position. Beyond that, your job will include communication, evangalization, and compromise.
- troels 8y agoI realise the way I put it may sound ominous, but it's for the good of everyone involved really. Most organisations are shockingly ineffective. Micromanagement and lack of long term planning is abundant. I get hired because I'm good at writing software. This is not wrong, but I can add much more value if I deliver what is needed rather than what is asked. My goal is simply to be able to do that.
- noway421 8y agoTo what extent? Up to days? Weeks? Months? Would you oppose daily standups?
- icedchai 8y ago"Daily standups" are morale killers.
- falcolas 8y agoDaily standups for remote workers are godsend. You'd think you could rely on people to communicate over chat or email, but the standup actually gets everyone talking and discussing.
- icedchai 8y agoPerhaps. But do they really need to be daily? Maybe 2 or 3x a week.
- falcolas 8y agoHaving tried all three, every day built a lot more comradery than 2-3x per week. It also helps the remote workers feel more in touch with what's going on.
- beat 8y agoMy current team does weekly, and two of us are remote. Our half hour meeting invariably runs over an hour, up to two hours. If we did it daily, we could keep it to the cap without really taking more time.
- falcolas 8y agoIndeed; I saw the same problem. Our team (4 out of 8 are remote) does daily meetings now, and it's actually pretty rare that we go over 10 minutes, let alone the scheduled 30.
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