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You have a massive misunderstanding of what PM's do, likely because you only ever see one half of their job when you're trying to explain how something works an
by micmil 7y ago
You have a massive misunderstanding of what PM's do, likely because you only ever see one half of their job when you're trying to explain how something works and they're not understanding why it's needed. Trust me, if you had to deal with the OTHER side of a PM's job (dealing with upper management and answering questions about why you're three weeks behind on deliverables without giving technical explanations to people that DEFINITELY have no clue) you'd very quickly decide that it's better to have a meat shield between your team that needs to get shit done and a corporate structure that wants nothing more than to shitcan all of you and outsource you all to India.
- de_watcher 7y agoProtective Meat.
- Ididntdothis 7y agoWhat you are saying is correct. But it also shows how dysfunctional a lot of management structures are. Not too long ago I had a few discussions with my VP and it was kind of shocking how little he knew about what’s going on at the ground level. The information he gets is quite distorted by all the levels of management in between.
- blaser-waffle 7y agoMeat Shields work both ways -- it's also to shelter mgmt from the sausage making process and to keep clusterfucks from taking up the time of higher level resources and managers.