| ▲ | johnnyanmac 5 days ago | |
>always been incredibly stressed about their job, and always have way too much to do. So, no different from any other dedicate IC or manager at these companies? >I've also never really liked the idea of engineering managers who are technical enough to approve/veto tech decisions that team members make, since there's a power imbalance there. How is this different from any other manager or higher up making decisions? If your boss or boss's boss really wants something and you're not in a good market, it's never a good time to poke your head out. | ||
| ▲ | integralid 5 days ago | parent [-] | |
>How is this different from any other manager or higher up making decisions? Non-technical managers usually don't have strong opinions about which framework or database to use. Among engineers these decisions are usually made in a meritocratic way (weighted by who is the loudest sadly), but if your manager says "let's use X" it has a different weight than if your peer does. | ||