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Re:As eng manager, you so frequently get request to drop wha... by lamontcg on Wednesday June 29, 2022 @12:23PM (#31922319)
Superiors usually don't make any better calls on urgency, and the more superior the more completely out of touch they usually are, and the more they need a conversation like this.
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Re:As eng manager, you so frequently get request to drop wha... by edmundsauto on Wednesday June 29, 2022 @09:01PM (#31927586)
I consider it a failure of the manager if their superiors don't have the tradeoff information for a decision they are making. It's an expectation that managers also manage up
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