What does a Director of Engineering do?

Re:What does a Director of Engineering do? by dchyrdvh on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @05:24PM (#22883237)

People with this "help others" mindset lose competition against their more ruthless peers. If you had a business, would you help others to compete with you?

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Re:What does a Director of Engineering do? by _jal on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @07:56PM (#22884609)

I've worked with someone who couldn't tell the difference between a coworker and a competitor, and I hope I never do again.

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Re:What does a Director of Engineering do? by emddudley on Thursday April 16, 2020 @09:26AM (#22889088)

How do you tell the difference? I am not aware of having ever worked with "competitors". My coworkers are my team mates, so naturally I help them when they get stuck.

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Re:What does a Director of Engineering do? by emddudley on Thursday April 16, 2020 @09:26AM (#22889097)

I would fire anyone in my organization who saw themselves as a ruthless competitor against their peers.

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Re:What does a Director of Engineering do? by dchyrdvh on Friday April 17, 2020 @07:05PM (#22903829)

Then you should start with Senior Management and especially the C levels. What was that quote from the office? "There's only one person in charge in every office and his name is Charles Darwin"

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