Ask HN: Is being on multiple teams manageable?

Re:Ask HN: Is being on multiple teams manageable? by PaulHoule on Thursday June 24, 2021 @03:31PM (#27622713)

People who move to senior positions often feel like the work they are doing is not as productive as they were doing before, even if they are doing OK by the judgement of the people around them.

You "sense" that one team feels let down. How does your manager feel about your work? Have you been an advocate for that team with your manager? (e.g. not just "i am overwhelmed" but "i don't have the resources to give Team X" what it needs.) Can you help team X by letting something else slide or getting people to be more self-sufficient?

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Re:Ask HN: Is being on multiple teams manageable? by revtreeleaf on Thursday June 24, 2021 @05:48PM (#27624246)

Yes, I could let other things slide. The issue I have with that is then those things become more urgent further down the road. Or they bubble up to become more significant because they weren't addressed.

My manager feels okay/good about the work I am doing. That confuses me though because as I said I have said explicitly to her that I am not accomplishing anything. If I continue with what I am doing and the teams still have good output then it looks like I have done a good job.

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Re:Ask HN: Is being on multiple teams manageable? by PaulHoule on Friday June 25, 2021 @09:36AM (#27630590)

Then maybe you have.

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