>However, lots of managers wish they could give you advice like this. They certainly appreciate it when you follow it. I’ve never been a manager, but it must be

>However, lots of managers wish they could give you advice like this. They certainly appreciate it when you follow it. I’ve never been a manager, but it must be incredibly frustrating to manage strong engineers who would be much more effective if they approached work a little more tactically (and a little less according to the written job description). Yuk, yeah, no - We don't appreciate it when you just do your own thing. We appreciate it when you're able to cut through red tape and get it done. That thing, that we discussed, during our 1:1's, when I told you what we wanted to do and you said "I have a sharp tool that will cut through that BS". Sometimes we want to cut through the tape, sometimes we're laying it. It's all to make sure you continue to get a paycheck. You're welcome. Take down production though and we're going to have one of those things managers call a "difficult conversation".