I’ve never been an executive but I’ve worked as an Engineering Manager and a Senior EM of various levels at big shot software engineering companies and all the same rules always applied to me as literally every other employee I managed, directly or indirectly.

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vkou 3 hours ago | parent [-]

An EM in a software firm is the equivalent of a lead clerk in a grocery.

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sssilver 3 hours ago | parent [-]

I'm not sure I understand the metaphor, since I've never worked as a lead clerk in a grocery store. Do you mind elaborating?

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phoghed 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

He’s saying you’re as far from an executive as the janitor is. You don’t even have a personal assistant.

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sssilver an hour ago | parent [-]

The original comment to which I replied said "most managers and execs", so I thought I'd address the "managers" part of it.

	▲	vkou 39 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		On the labor/management divide, I'd put the overwhelming majority of line managers far closer to the labor side.

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randysalami 27 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I’m sure an EM can extrapolate the role of lead clerk at the grocery store. The EM probably goes to the grocery store and has interacted with the grocery store workers.

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