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Honest question. Should we expect senior engineers to manage up properly? That means having mature and level headed conversations about where managers can impro
by darkerside 4y ago
Honest question. Should we expect senior engineers to manage up properly? That means having mature and level headed conversations about where managers can improve in a way that makes both parties feel psychologically safe.
I would say yes, and that the author failed to do that here. I would also say the manager was clearly very weak, and that Spotify's bureaucracy may be producing suboptimal outcomes.
- mugsie 4y agoI would say definitely - the OP did fail to manage up properly. I think it is less of a part of the role for a senior engineer - Principal and over it is pretty much a core of your role - but it is something you should be doing. The groundwork for doing it effectively comes from both sides however, and everyone sucks here for that.
- watwut 4y ago> Should we expect senior engineers to manage up properly? That means having mature and level headed conversations about where managers can improve in a way that makes both parties feel psychologically safe. I don't think we should expect miracles. But, based on this article, it seems to me that author was nowhere near that line. The mocking jira ticked seems like open hostility. You can be immature in reactions and still better then that.