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When I started my career it was pretty common to have a team of ~12 under one manager with a couple of TLs. Nowadays it's more like 1:4 or even 1:3 - that's 3x
by dilyevsky 3y ago
When I started my career it was pretty common to have a team of ~12 under one manager with a couple of TLs. Nowadays it's more like 1:4 or even 1:3 - that's 3x management bloat for mostly bureaucratic reasons and with no obvious improvement in productivity or retention. Then there's the thing you said - people with "manager/lead" in title but no obvious managerial responsibilities.
- thekrowndnf 3y agoLeads are expected to do technical work. I wouldn't call them bloat.
- dilyevsky 3y agoIn many shops managers are now doing TLs work like designs and technical vision except they dont actually write any code. This goes about as well as one would expect…