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> Yup as a manager you don’t do much Not doing your job well if this is the case. Quality managers do everything `codezero` mentioned above (hiring, onboardin
by dQw4w9WgXcQ 5y ago
> Yup as a manager you don’t do much
Not doing your job well if this is the case. Quality managers do everything `codezero` mentioned above (hiring, onboarding, long term planning, and mentorship) along with being a corporate therapist and much more.
A lazy manager looks like the ER where they only handle shit when people come to them with blood and guts, a quality manager is regularly assessing the daily/weekly situation and anticipating obstacles or implementing fixes so engineering can run an unimpeded race. They're essentially the emotional chaos buffer for engineering, the goal being engineers come to work and feel the autonomy, freedom, and energy to execute well.
- drewcoo 5y agoHard disagree. A well-managed team can manage itself. If you can go on a month-long vacation and don't need to set up any special delegation of tasks first, it's a well-managed team. If you're constantly dealing with crises, that's a huge management failure.
- rybosworld 5y agoIt sounds like your suggesting that every team is made of high-performers. In my experience, it's only high-performers that can self-manage.
- mbrodersen 5y agoNope not true. I worked 8+ years managing small to large teams. Doing very little work. And my teams were routinely outcompeting much larger teams. For example, a customer told me that my team of 15 routinely outcompeted a 75 person team at his company. I did it by clearly defining objectives, assigning responsibilities, and getting out of their way. The only key thing I had to do beyond that was to gently remind developers to focus on priority #1 when they got distracted and drifted off track.