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> Maybe I've been working at the wrong places :). I think it's a balance between keeping certain key tasks beyond the radar of PM's (so you have time to think
by crispyambulance 7y ago
> Maybe I've been working at the wrong places :).
I think it's a balance between keeping certain key tasks beyond the radar of PM's (so you have time to think and act) and doing enough "deliverables" to keep them happy.
Sadly, PM's in many places have ground-down that buffer to the point where you're maxed out on your backlog and they know everything that's in it. Or worse, they're creating fake deadlines to fabricate "urgency" so that you're no longer in control of the minutes in your day.
- kkarakk 7y ago>they're creating fake deadlines to fabricate "urgency" i've definitely had PMs do this to me when projects were wrapping up and they didn't have any real work to give me. I'd just work at the regular rate and no surprise- no one squawked when i blew past the deadline for the busy work. It's mismanagement imo, with enough experience you start to resent being treated like a precocious child with adhd