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Re:Ask HN: Managing career progression for those with no int... by appleflaxen on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @11:07AM (#28289825)
> My seagull manager

i'm sure this is a typo, but IDK what was intended.

senior manager?

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Re:Ask HN: Managing career progression for those with no int... by diroussel on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @11:20AM (#28290004)
A seagull manager, like a seagull, flies in, shits all over things then flies out.
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Re:Ask HN: Managing career progression for those with no int... by WaitWaitWha on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @01:40PM (#28292333)
... steals the best sandwiches from children's hands, while declaring "mine, mine, mine, mine"...
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Re:Ask HN: Managing career progression for those with no int... by ectopod on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @07:57AM (#28300490)
Animals exhibiting this behaviour are known as kleptoparasites.
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Re:Ask HN: Managing career progression for those with no int... by swader999 on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @11:56AM (#28303257)
Sometimes they eat the plastic lunch bag and die.
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Re:Ask HN: Managing career progression for those with no int... by BLKNSLVR on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @06:14AM (#28299760)
Don't forget the incessant screeching.
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Re:Ask HN: Managing career progression for those with no int... by pojzon on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @01:11PM (#28291841)
Thank you Ill remember this explanation as it hits the base so hard.
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Re:Ask HN: Managing career progression for those with no int... by dmje on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @06:49AM (#28299981)
I also like "mushroom managing" - cover them in shit, keep them in the dark...
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Re:Ask HN: Managing career progression for those with no int... by a3n on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @12:38PM (#28303730)
And sometimes they steal your french fry. Or your red Swingline stapler.
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Re:Ask HN: Managing career progression for those with no int... by thunkshift1 on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @12:50PM (#28291449)
Poetic
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Re:Ask HN: Managing career progression for those with no int... by haasted on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @05:44AM (#28299584)
Probably a reference to this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seagull_management

"[...] a management style wherein a manager only interacts with employees when they deem a problem has arisen. The perception is that such a management style involves hasty decisions about things of which they have little understanding, resulting in a messy situation with which others must deal."

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