Suggest ideas to improve team please

Oct 7, 2021 11 Comments

Joined my team 6 months ago from a se2 level ish to l63 at Microsoft.. While I ramped up and am dishing code and knocking out features well manager seems a bit concerned I am not ideating any process improvements or automations for our team and says that is expected at l63.

The team was set up well and a lot of metrics,logging , live site is well automated so I don't see much scope to improve.

Our process is well set up too wrt scrum, retro.etc.

Any suggestions here ? I am a bit paranoid and have impostor syndrome that am not good for MSFT ( moved from a smaller non tech firm),
So this complaint kinda hits me hard. And is something my boss looks for week over week.

I don't have ideas but if given something I know I can dig in and design/write stuff for the team that will help.

#microsoft #impact #performance #techindustry #tech

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  • Amazon / Eng
    xgIO00

    Go to company page Amazon Eng

    xgIO00
    Ask your manager for a concrete example what you can improve. Sometimes they just throw random words to show that they are managers, but in reality they might not know either what they want.
    Oct 7, 2021 1
  • Google
    fNbb82

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    fNbb82
    I’m in the exact same situation right now. It’ll pass. It’s just your manager trying to squeeze as much life out of you as he/she can. Getting PIP’d at MSFT is virtually impossible.
    Oct 7, 2021 0
  • The usual suspects are writing more tests and documentation. Most teams can improve on that.

    Another angle, which I personally like, is community outreach. Can you propose a pipeline for blogs coming from your team?

    Internally you can organize lunch & learns etc.
    Oct 7, 2021 1
  • HP / R&D
    gitSquash

    Go to company page HP R&D

    PRE
    Qualcomm
    gitSquash
    Ask, what he or she has in mind.
    If anything, automation, gtests,
    Or just say yes, and ignore it.
    Oct 7, 2021 0
  • New
    YVTE36

    New

    YVTE36
    Do a simple thing of meeting once 2 weeks and talk about productivity

    Ask team to put in there points

    Topics
    1. Meetings effectiveness
    2. Result v/s.effort
    3. Bring in outside team.to.see what they are doing
    Oct 7, 2021 0