Re:A study finds that bosses can be useful but also sneaky
by nilkn on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @01:26PM
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This is the organization of the company I work at. Overall I've learned through experience that this decoupled structure is nice in theory and it's useful to have as an option, but it should actually be avoided in practice if at all possible. A developer can end up in a situation where their boss (people manager) really doesn't know about or understand their day-to-day work at all, and then their team lead may be vying for authority over the team with a project manager and product owner, all of whom report in different organizations and have different motivations and incentives.
Re:A study finds that bosses can be useful but also sneaky
by Benjammer on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @12:08PM
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>breaks the responsibility up without breaking the career progression
How do you figure it does this? What you describe just seems like a basic, run-of-the-mill, cross-reporting model to me.
Re:A study finds that bosses can be useful but also sneaky
by JMTQp8lwXL on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @06:58PM
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Kind of like how some countries have Prime Ministers and a President, but all of that is rolled up into one role in the U.S.
Your people manager stays with you as you transition from project to project. They never have more than six direct reports. They are the person that handles all the bureaucracy for you and helping you through the org.
Your team lead is sometimes a people manager but probably not yours. They change based on the project you are on and are responsible for it's success. Their focus is on delivery not your career.
I'm interested in seeing where this goes as it breaks the responsibility up without breaking the career progression. There isn't a "technical path" ... yet.
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