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[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 28 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Another 20% is keeping everyone else out of the way too.

[–] TaterTot@piefed.social 20 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Honestly, this is the real underrated trick. A great manager removes blockers. Their job is first and foremost to get shit off the train tracks.

[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 20 points 2 days ago

I had a manager who wanted to know what we did. Understand it. Really get into the info, because only then could she really lead us, she thought.

Worst manager I had for a long while. She didn't understand anything and was easily annoyed by it. We were software engineers, she some media marketing whatever person. That ain't gonna happen.

[–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 9 points 2 days ago

Yeah. The one time you actually need a manager is when you have some fuck-up of a coworker who's making things worse for everybody.