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I worked for two years at Amazon. My managers were not diving deep at all. At least not more than any other average manager in any other average company.
by Zedronar 5y ago
I worked for two years at Amazon. My managers were not diving deep at all. At least not more than any other average manager in any other average company.
- TheDudeMan 5y agoDive deep is more for engineers. Managers can only go so deep because they must be broad. Yes, I know it says "leadership". I was there for 4 years.
- Lightbody 5y agoI appreciate the point you’re trying to make, but I disagree with this. It’s something that has frustrated me, as a manager, when fellow managers said it to me. I feel like it gives permission to managers to detach themselves from the reality of their organization. The trick is to know WHEN to dive deep, because you are right that managers also have to maintain a broad perspective. But being able to sniff out problems and then dive into them has always been the hallmark of a great manager/executive, at least in my own experiences.
- hinkley 5y agoI worked a contract at Amazon. If the managers were doing anything other than lying about timelines, I couldn't see it. Also the dev stack was horrifyingly opaque. Every time an Amazon recruiter contacts me I have to push down the urge to explain how awful it is to work there and no thank you.