Engineering Managers

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Welcome to Engineering Managers! (programming.dev)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hey everyone! I'm Jeff and just moved to from a tech role to a manager. Looking forward to this community.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Hi jeff

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hi. I'm just lurking here to spoil any conspiracies you folks cook up. My temporary foray into management showed me I'm just as unhappy to be in charge of idiots as to report to them. Not to imply they are all idiots, but the more folks you have above or below you, the greater the chance you'll spend 80% of your time focused on the idiot[s].

[–] mesamunefire 2 points 1 year ago

In my case, my team was filled with SMEs and I was the dumb one. And the idiots were the ones we all reported to. Leadership ended up selling a building twice, got into legal trouble with the fing IRS, and then threw us under the bus even though we were profitable. Lol. Fun stuff.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Jeff from Lokinet?!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nope! There are many of us.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

😅

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is this for Managing Engineers or Engineering Managers?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yes.

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