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Re:Ask HN: How to handle being sidelined gracefully? by qetuo13579 on Friday December 28, 2018 @07:07AM (#18776300)
Originally both the engineering manager and project manager were based in our office. The engineering manager moved to the overseas office a few years ago. This year the project manager moved to the same overseas office. I was asked to step up and supervise the other engineers.

I'm not a proper PM, just the senior dev who keeps an eye on the others to make sure they aren't falling down any rabbit holes.

I would much rather be a developer than a manager but I guess I thought I could still be involved in all projects from a technical standpoint.

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Re:Ask HN: How to handle being sidelined gracefully? by rdiddly on Saturday December 29, 2018 @11:35PM (#18787414)
Seems like a sound idea and I don't see any obvious reason why you couldn't do that. Especially if the PMs have a less technical background, as they often do. What you're talking about is sort of like a technical advisory or senior dev role and seems like a good thing for a company to have.

Politically it would probably be good to get each PM's buy-in and agreement about it, just from a standpoint of protecting their precious egos and avoiding a pissing match. Even though they seem to be the ones stepping on your toes a bit.

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