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Re:Google has eliminated 35% of managers overseeing small te... by johnnyanmac on Thursday August 28, 2025 @02:22AM (#45049036)
>always been incredibly stressed about their job, and always have way too much to do.

So, no different from any other dedicate IC or manager at these companies?

>I've also never really liked the idea of engineering managers who are technical enough to approve/veto tech decisions that team members make, since there's a power imbalance there.

How is this different from any other manager or higher up making decisions? If your boss or boss's boss really wants something and you're not in a good market, it's never a good time to poke your head out.

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Re:Google has eliminated 35% of managers overseeing small te... by integralid on Thursday August 28, 2025 @02:58AM (#45049261)
>How is this different from any other manager or higher up making decisions?

Non-technical managers usually don't have strong opinions about which framework or database to use. Among engineers these decisions are usually made in a meritocratic way (weighted by who is the loudest sadly), but if your manager says "let's use X" it has a different weight than if your peer does.

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