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[–] hayvan@piefed.world 112 points 1 day ago (3 children)

he stays the fuck out of their way.

That's like, 70% of good management.

[–] vrek@programming.dev 44 points 1 day ago

What's that old quote from some famous guy "I just surrounded myself with people who were smart and interested in the company success then got out of there way"... It was something like that

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 34 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Another 20% is keeping everyone else out of the way too.

[–] TaterTot@piefed.social 32 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Honestly, this is the real underrated trick. A great manager removes blockers. Their job is first and foremost to get shit off the train tracks.

I had a manager who wanted to know what we did. Understand it. Really get into the info, because only then could she really lead us, she thought.

Worst manager I had for a long while. She didn't understand anything and was easily annoyed by it. We were software engineers, she some media marketing whatever person. That ain't gonna happen.

[–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 10 points 1 day ago

Yeah. The one time you actually need a manager is when you have some fuck-up of a coworker who's making things worse for everybody.

[–] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 1 day ago

Another 25 is keeping other people out of your way also. The last 5? Going to bat for you when needed.