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I kind of agree with you, but the problem is that "management" is often (very) poorly defined. Is it people or project management? It is often implicitly the tw
by temac 5y ago
I kind of agree with you, but the problem is that "management" is often (very) poorly defined. Is it people or project management? It is often implicitly the two without much rational. Even considering project management the style can vary greatly between somebody concentrating on filling various spreasheets vs somebody pressuring others all the time about deadline vs somebody wanting to ensure engineering is performed and not just mere coding vs somebody having broad picture ideas for future dev.
It makes sense to have "managers" in fast foods. It's way harder to even just define the role in an environment where everybody is a knowledge worker. Maybe we should even stop using that term and stick with more precise role descriptions.
- epicureanideal 5y agoI agree that some titles could be changed not to have manager in the title and be a role instead. For example: Product manager -> product designer But what about the people who decide salaries, promotions, hiring, and reviews? Part of the role is “project coordinator” and another part is “staffing and compensation”. Is there an alternative title for that?
- playing_colours 5y agoI think the responsibilities of project coordinator / project manager can be a part of the work of senior IC (Principal Engineer) or someone like Agile Coach, Delivery Lead. Recently, I was a Chief Architect - an IC role - and organised and drove cross-team initiatives was a part of my work. It is not an easy skill, it needs practicing and the work is time consuming, may not be a fun quite often, but I think you do not absolutely have to assign it to a manager.