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Re:Ask HN: What are the signs that you have a great manager? by xenocratus on Thursday June 20, 2019 @04:34AM (#20230983)
"3. Pushes you for taking up bigger assignment even if you don't feel confident."

Oh, man, I'm leaving my current company exactly because most developers don't get that. Instead, a group of select few get all the assignments. It gets so frustrating and depressing in the long run.

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Re:Ask HN: What are the signs that you have a great manager? by mcv on Thursday June 20, 2019 @04:49AM (#20231044)
I realize now that this is also why I left the company where I've worked the longest. Fun company, but at some point I noticed that my job was going to be to maintain all the legacy sites while a separate team was doing all the exciting cool new stuff.
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Re:Ask HN: What are the signs that you have a great manager? by codeandrun on Thursday June 20, 2019 @09:32AM (#20232712)
Can relate. Tho, I will add that, often, I've realized how the onus actually lied with me in asking for more challenging work. In my case, I felt that I wasn't clear with what I expected.
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