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What you are engaging in is a double edged sword. In your case, what you have is incompetent management that needs some BS (metrics) to be constantly fed to the

What you are engaging in is a double edged sword. In your case, what you have is incompetent management that needs some BS (metrics) to be constantly fed to themselves. The quarter you don't feed BS metrics to them will be the quarter they try to manage you out. An alternative system is one where management is responsible for understanding the business value of the work and being ok with the outcome e.g. being ok with good metrics vs poor metrics both - whatever the outcome. It was the path they charted for some objective. They need to own the objectives.

tdeck 3y ago
As an individual, it's very hard to avoid incompetent managers. There are so many different ways a manager can fall short, and it's often very difficult to assess before joining a team. Even if you have a personal connection to someone on the manager's team, they may not be very observant or may not even realize something could be better. Also, there's a practical limit to how many times you can change managers. This means it's important to learn certain communication skills even if you wouldn't need them with an ideal manager.
nosefurhairdo 3y ago
If I had your attitude about this my work life would be significantly less enjoyable. I like my team, I like my manager, I like the product, and playing the game just a little bit makes my life much easier. It doesn't actually matter whether the game is bullshit.
- nine_zeros 3y ago
  > If I had your attitude about this my work life would be significantly less enjoyable. I like my team, I like my manager, I like the product, and playing the game just a little bit makes my life much easier. It doesn't actually matter whether the game is bullshit. It's not so much about not playing a BS game at all. Play it all because that makes the $$. But, it is very important to keep the BS in mind at all times.
  - nosefurhairdo 3y ago
    Totally agree. I'm naturally BS-averse so it took awhile to figure out how to deal with it.

tdeck 3y ago

As an individual, it's very hard to avoid incompetent managers. There are so many different ways a manager can fall short, and it's often very difficult to assess before joining a team. Even if you have a personal connection to someone on the manager's team, they may not be very observant or may not even realize something could be better. Also, there's a practical limit to how many times you can change managers. This means it's important to learn certain communication skills even if you wouldn't need them with an ideal manager.

nosefurhairdo 3y ago

If I had your attitude about this my work life would be significantly less enjoyable. I like my team, I like my manager, I like the product, and playing the game just a little bit makes my life much easier. It doesn't actually matter whether the game is bullshit.

nine_zeros 3y ago
> If I had your attitude about this my work life would be significantly less enjoyable. I like my team, I like my manager, I like the product, and playing the game just a little bit makes my life much easier. It doesn't actually matter whether the game is bullshit. It's not so much about not playing a BS game at all. Play it all because that makes the $$. But, it is very important to keep the BS in mind at all times.
- nosefurhairdo 3y ago
  Totally agree. I'm naturally BS-averse so it took awhile to figure out how to deal with it.