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> That is insane imo. Anyone below director is useless, and the director should just report to the VP or CTO. Cool. Advocating for fewer layers of managers is
by UncleMeat 4y ago
> That is insane imo. Anyone below director is useless, and the director should just report to the VP or CTO.
Cool. Advocating for fewer layers of managers is very different than what you proposed in your original post, which included the phrase "Get rid of eng managers."
> I’m not taking career or technical advice from an associate/manager because they’re usually the worst ICs and overall lowest performers in like 80% or more of the time. This is how they struggle to stay in the game. You have probably heard many people who are the best IC say they don’t want to manage.
But you will. They'll just be called a Tech Lead and they'll have manager responsibilities.
- moomoo11 4y agoI don’t consider eng manager on the same level as an executive. They’re middle management. And back when the first 1-5 billion dollar valuation was created we moved fast and operated in small teams. Since going public and hiring like 5x as many people our valuation has only gone up like 1-2x. I strongly believe that the end game folks are not very good at their jobs and love wasting time coming up with process and spending money on events. Again I know why this happens. I’m just saying I wish it wasn’t this way. Appearances and perception.. so dumb. Oh well time to find my next exit hopefully because I love that thrill of building and solving customer problems.