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Yeah, that sounds great — the ideal is product and engineering engaged on a common and realistic view of what the business is trying to do. You want a staff mee
by wrs 1mo ago
Yeah, that sounds great — the ideal is product and engineering engaged on a common and realistic view of what the business is trying to do. You want a staff meeting where everyone’s contributing their skills to the problem, not defending or imposing their siloed concerns.
If you have any function (product, engineering, legal, finance, whatever) able to, or even trying to, unilaterally impose their priorities without regard to the bigger picture, that’s not a good dynamic. Especially if it’s covered up with “teamwork” rhetoric that doesn’t match the reality.
- alephnerd 1mo agoYep! Totally agree with ya! We're all a team and no one is above or below each other, and I always made sure to manage out people who had a superiority complex - even if they were gifted (and they usually weren't) they would just make life hell for everyone else. I also always fought for higher compensation - I'd rather have a couple really talented and well paid individuals rather than a mass of low paid and checked out ones. I've mentored my PortCos this way as well.