Re:Twits Know: Google Quietly Laying Off Engineers
by andreyf on Tuesday February 10, 2009 @11:29AM
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He said that only to establish a power relationship because that was how that company worked.
Well, establishing a relationship of respect and power is part of management, but there's absolutely no reason one needs to be a dick to do that.
Up until that point I had thought my manager and I were friends
That sucks, sorry to hear it. Maybe it's a sign of the times (I've only been in the industry about a year), or just the managers I've been fortunate to work under, but in my experience, coders always get more respect than to be bullshitted like that. It all comes down to money, I think:
If the company pays you less money than the wealth you generate, and provides good enough benefits/environment, you're playing a win/win game where everyone's happy. Yes, there are times when your interests diverge - your manager has a budget to minimize and you have a family to support, but those are exceptions to the rule.
Well, establishing a relationship of respect and power is part of management, but there's absolutely no reason one needs to be a dick to do that.
Up until that point I had thought my manager and I were friends
That sucks, sorry to hear it. Maybe it's a sign of the times (I've only been in the industry about a year), or just the managers I've been fortunate to work under, but in my experience, coders always get more respect than to be bullshitted like that. It all comes down to money, I think:
If the company pays you less money than the wealth you generate, and provides good enough benefits/environment, you're playing a win/win game where everyone's happy. Yes, there are times when your interests diverge - your manager has a budget to minimize and you have a family to support, but those are exceptions to the rule.