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I’d imagine if Reddit were to do it we’d be up in our arms.
Re:How to get the most out of your 1:1s on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @02:17AM (#30611778)
I also think the managers should come with conversation starters to these meetings. Be curious about what your reports do and proactively ask them about something specific they did last month and anything they can do to improve. Coming with a blank slate because you think you are doing someone a favor by giving them your time will always lead to status updates or awkward silences.
Re:Ask HN: Prove Impact by Being Boring? on Friday May 21, 2021 @02:31AM (#27231120)
I feel it all comes down to communicating your strengths to your bosses, assuming they are reasonable engineers themselves. I am hoping to learn such a trick from someone who might have done that or partially attempted doing it and learnt something.

Ask HN: Prove Impact by Being Boring?

I am a thoughtful engineer. I measure twice before cutting once. I generally code with lesser bugs because I think through my edge cases. I do boring engineering work. I have fellow engineers who are fast, but messy. They set things on fire and they put out that fire. They create noise, and yet the company labels(and rewards) them "impactful". I spend non-trivial amount of time to review their...

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