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Re:Hacking ADHD: Strategies for the modern developer by swozey on Wednesday November 15, 2023 @10:23AM (#38277606)
I'm about 20 years in and the first 10 years of my career as a SWE I had absolutely horrendous managers and daily checkins felt more like proving to someone that you had done any work the day prior, shaming you if you didn't produce enough. I have a hugely negative connotation to them even today, vs feeling that they're a positive team-collab sort of scenario.

At two companies the actual CEO and CTO were in every single one of our standups (startups of course).

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Re:Hacking ADHD: Strategies for the modern developer by JohnBooty on Wednesday November 15, 2023 @10:52AM (#38278026)
It's funny how good (or shitty) experiences shape things. I like peer reviews and regular 1:1s with management. I've had good experiences with them, and have sorely missed them at jobs where they didn't happen.

But I know good engineers (who are also good communicators) that loathe them with a great passion.

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