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You need clever middle management to navigate that. The solution is to play the fiefdoms against each other. One way I navigated a team through this is that we
by Spooky23 4y ago
You need clever middle management to navigate that. The solution is to play the fiefdoms against each other.
One way I navigated a team through this is that we just halted work on critical stuff and we doubled down as rockstars for politically important critical stuff. As each other team complained, we let the people up the chain kill each other, and eventually got relief from the crazy.
- pc86 4y agoHaving a line manager or director who can play the VPs and SVPs against each other is invaluable for an IC on a critical team, and honestly a pretty good indicator of who the next director or VP might be.
- brettermeier 4y agoVP, SVP, IC?
- artimaeis 4y agoVice President, Senior Vice President, Individual Contributor.
- eunoia 4y agoMy first big tech manager was incredible at this. Took me a few other managers to realize what a specific (and rare!) skill this is, as she made it seem so easy. I miss working for her.
- hypothesis 4y agoSpectacular! Can we get a show out of this short story? Name it DevCrowd or smth.