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I often wonder whether one of the factors that decides whether boss is understanding or not is if the boss himself was once in the trenches. I worked as manager
by mmsimanga 7y ago
I often wonder whether one of the factors that decides whether boss is understanding or not is if the boss himself was once in the trenches. I worked as manager for a decade and the first thing I always did when such things happened was to try find the solve the problem. No use crying over spilt milk. As a senior developer now I am definitely more empathetic certain types of mistakes made by juniors.
- heymijo 7y agoI've found one of the quickest things to atrophy for managers is their empathy for being an IC. If I had to conjecture, it's much more a person's mindset, the organizational culture, and their incentives (so the system), that will dictate how they respond to mistakes. I have seen this in organizations from to tech, to education, non-profits, and beyond.
- mmsimanga 7y agoYou make many valid points that I agree with. On a person's mindset, I would say a manager's character does play a role in how they will react. Sometimes some managers are too weak and fear the higher ups so will unleash on the junior. Sometimes though the manager, themselves are also going through issues in their own life so yeah the person's mindset will play a role. The type of organisation will play a role. If incentives are wrong the wrong types of people get promoted and it has the potential to go downhill very quickly.