I wish there were blunter / more direct responses to choose from.

That’s interesting! I definitely defaulted to 'Diplomatic/Safe' options for this version.

Was there a specific turn in the conversation where you really wanted to just give a hard 'No' or call them out, but felt restricted by the choices?

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stalfosknight 3 days ago | parent [-]

I would have liked to tell the VP "No, we're not doing this and I don't appreciate being bypassed like this. Don't do this again." or something like that that. In my view, VP the Sales has no business meddling with my juniors.

I'm not a manager and have no interest in becoming one but I have often wondered what is going through a manager's head when they cave to egregious horseshit from executives. I find this simulation really interesting and maybe it might help me empathize my manager more.

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pingananth 3 days ago | parent [-]

Yes, because the manager is not paid anymore to do code and code review but to preserve political capital, manage team and other stakeholders as well. Glad that it provided a perspective and see your manager with more empathy.

	▲	stalfosknight 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		Well, I'm not sure this particular example helps me see my manager with more empathy. I think the manager in your example is too concerned with people pleasing. "Political capital" is irrelevant and only exists when we permit it to exist.