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Re:What it is like being the only engineer in a meeting [video] by vayarajesh on Wednesday April 02, 2014 @01:39AM (#7513774)
Awesome.. I have a similar situation regarding the project manager in the video :) we have a small team of 5 members and i don't think we need a "project manager" considering only 5 members working on a not-so-big project and the team members are efficient enough to self manage.

I dont think a small project with a small team even needs a project manager.

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Re:What it is like being the only engineer in a meeting [video] by mncolinlee on Wednesday April 02, 2014 @04:34PM (#7518803)
I was shocked when no one drew that lesson from our international corporate hackathon. We were cranking out impressive new products in less than twenty-four hours without a single PM.

Granted, it's a sprint requiring downtime afterwards and everyone was doing what they really wanted to do instead of their day jobs.

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Re:What it is like being the only engineer in a meeting [video] by carrotleads on Wednesday April 02, 2014 @02:12AM (#7513865)
Well some companies can work with no managers http://ryancarson.com/post/73639971628/the-negative-side-of-...
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Re:What it is like being the only engineer in a meeting [video] by Moru on Wednesday April 02, 2014 @02:10AM (#7513856)
I'm in a team with exactly one developer and two project managers... Guess who I am?
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Re:What it is like being the only engineer in a meeting [video] by vayarajesh on Thursday April 03, 2014 @10:20AM (#7522962)
You are frustrated :)
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Re:What it is like being the only engineer in a meeting [video] by return13 on Wednesday April 02, 2014 @02:13AM (#7513869)
i think every member of that team should have a manager, and there should be a manager to manage all the managers...
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Re:What it is like being the only engineer in a meeting [video] by vayarajesh on Thursday April 03, 2014 @10:19AM (#7522952)
I don't think every person needs manager infact management is only needed to "manage" and managing comes into play where there is a large number of "things"/"people" to manage or look after. Small number of educated ppl doing minor tasks will never need management.
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