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How is a manager not synonymous with a high bandwidth engineer? If I told an engineer to execute on an immensely huge and complex problem (e.g. go build a new
by lightbendover 4y ago
How is a manager not synonymous with a high bandwidth engineer? If I told an engineer to execute on an immensely huge and complex problem (e.g. go build a new secondary market with tendrils into everything else the company is doing) by themselves and they did, how is that different than telling a senior manager to do the same? Really depends on the lens you're looking through.
- dcow 4y agoBecause a manager manages. Having weekly 1:1s with 8 direct reports is not “high bandwidth”. That’s normal bandwidth. 1 engineer doing all that on their own is incredibly high bandwidth. Also, a high bandwidth engineer building all that is way more valuable than a manager building a team to do it, in terms of bottom line. Sure managers are important and good ones produce results. But that’s not equivalent to a 10x engineer. That’s just the normal expectation for a manager.