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I've managed large teams of engineers and I've been an individual contributor for years at a time. My take, simply put, is that working with colleagues like the
by ghotli 3y ago
I've managed large teams of engineers and I've been an individual contributor for years at a time. My take, simply put, is that working with colleagues like the author has never been anything but exhausting and a drain on team morale.
- CloudYeller 3y agoI had a manager who was obsessed with "velocity" and I spent 4 hours per week on time estimates. None of it was accurate except tasks like tiny CSS changes. Yeah, if you want to reduce morale, force everyone to waste half a day per week on pointless BS.
- 0x445442 3y agoAnd they never include the time to implement a process in their analysis of whether or not the process has a benefit to cost ratio greater than one. It’s always just assumed to be true.