EM role seems kind of shitty

GoDaddy
MJeG05

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MJeG05
Mar 20 16 Comments

No real power to influence.

If you’re a bad leader, people will leave, unless they are stuck on H1B.

If you are good, people will love you.

End of the day, you’re not building, and you’re trying to add value in meetings but you’re probably not even necessary.

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  • Indeed / Mgmt
    TDM_here

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     TDM_here
    Then…don’t become a manager?
    Mar 20 5
  • The mark of a good leader is one that influences without power. If you can do that, then formal power is a force multiplier. If you can't, then formal power is just a truncheon for you to bludgeon others with.
    Mar 20 5
  • Reddit
    WKwG64

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    WKwG64
    I think you're viewing managers wrong, and I think they have two primary functions (from the perspective of the IC)

    1. Acting as a funnel for upstream requests.

    2. Helping their team grow within their career.

    Most companies, the manager is the umbrella that shields employees from requests that shouldn't be prioritized, or don't align with the roadmap.

    Secondly, they can help navigate career growth. This is not specifically mentoring, that's up to your senior engineers, but making sure to flag projects that would look great for an engineer, and allocate enough time for someone to really explore it.
    Mar 20 0
  • Amazon / Eng
    lPyh26

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     lPyh26
    People who should not be managers think the things managers do would not be interesting or fun. That’s how you know you should stay with the IC path. Do be grateful there are managers to attend all those HR and planning meetings for you. If not for your manager, you’d have to attend those two hour meetings about your specific plan to improve employee retention by 11% in 2023.
    Mar 20 0

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