How smart is your management
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"Band Aid is within 150 feet from every employee" Is this how you deal with cutting edge?
Ninja (the Nerd)
Confused? You will be...Ninja-the-Nerd wrote:
"Band Aid is within 150 feet from every employee" Is this how you deal with cutting edge?
Gotta be prepared :cool::cool:
Ghazi Hadi Al Wadi, PMP, ASQ SSGB, DBA
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TechnoDev wrote:
How smart is your management
Don't know about them, but I am smart enough not to discuss my management on a public forum ;)
That's because you use your real name as a user name. I don't think TechnoDev has that stigma.
This statement was never false.
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And what do you do when your management chooses not to listen to you. and you question your appreciation in your company?
I've been thinking about this for a couple of days. What are we? We build software. More like a mixture of engineer and carpenter depending on your situation. Most important is the customer. The end user and what their needs are. In my experience I find that the issues I have with management are my lack of understanding the customer. I think of it all from the perspective of someone who lives with the code, the system, and all of the nuances involved there. So I make suggestions and take actions that in the end aren't always in the best interest of the customer even though I think they are in the best interest of the software. If its a personality issue, then you should sit down and express yourself. But keep it about the business. Don't let it be personal. Most likely management is making their decisions on many factors, of which, only a few truly involve your work. So, try not to take is so personal, and speak your mind. Otherwise, really, your only course is to just move on. But think of this: How many times have you thought this at a company? If only once, then maybe the issues are unique, but if you found this at your last company, and find this at a future one, then maybe, just maybe the issue lies with you. I don't think we benefit from focusing on ourselves so much as focusing on what is best for the customer in the end. I know I have a hard time with it. I want to do the best work from an engineering perspective, but in the end its the customer that matters the most and the reason we do what we do, regardless of whether that customer is internal or external.
This statement was never false.
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Absolutely astoundingly brilliant. Truly, it is an honor to work with individuals like these. Every aspect of their judgement carries with it all the hallmarks of superior intellect, fairness, and efficiency of execution towards a clearly defined goal. If I should stray, their calm and engaging guidance soon enlightens me as to the error of my ways. I am blessed.
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Something a lot of people in the trenches don't understand is that not all decisions are technical. Sometimes management makes what appear to be stupid decisions, but they have financial or contractual reasons to make them. In the trenches, we only see the "stupid" decision, and feel like we aren't be listened to. Do you have all the information? Then again, sometimes management really is stupid and is making stupid decisions. It's often hard to tell which is which ;) Other things to consider: 1) Are there people with more seniority and/or clout telling them other thigns? 2) How are you bringing these things to their attention? Are you boxing them into a corner and forcing them to defend their decisions? 3) Are you *SURE* you're right?
-- Where are we going? And why am I in this handbasket?
Erik Funkenbusch wrote:
Sometimes management makes what appear to be stupid decisions, but they have financial or contractual reasons to make them. In the trenches, we only see the "stupid" decision, and feel like we aren't be listened to. Do you have all the information?
failure to communicate is a management problem.
-- If you view money as inherently evil, I view it as my duty to assist in making you more virtuous.