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Did you discuss this at a 1:1 with the person? As to introspection, perhaps some more is called for. You refer to your colleagues as "subordinates" and think
by NonEUCitizen 7y ago
Did you discuss this at a 1:1 with the person?
As to introspection, perhaps some more is called for. You refer to your colleagues as "subordinates" and think of yourself as "boss, leader..."
That's not the proper mindset to be successful as a manager in high tech. You're there to clear hurdles for individual contributors who are more technical than you (if they're not, you are either a junior manager managing even more junior engineers, or your company does not have a technical track to attract/retain good engineers), so that they can do their jobs more efficiently.
- ethanpil 7y agoI understand where you are coming from, and certainly my goal is to exactly "to clear hurdles for individual contributors who are more technical than you." It happens to be that this case specifically is not about a technical / developer role. Still, ultimately I am responsible for the team's output and the team's utility to the organization as a whole. Without that concept, then what exactly are we doing here?