Episode 535: Manager externalities and should I fight stupid processes
Soft Skills Engineering

Episode 535: Manager externalities and should I fight stupid processes

B1IntermediateOctober 19, 202634 min

In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Listener Random Listener asks, You guys talk a lot about externalities, which helped me understand a lot about how my manager works. He wants to do things fast, but he does not follow good and standardized processes, even the ones he tries to push onto us. This adds a lot of work for us because now his mess becomes our mess. How can I give him this feedback in way he will both understand and not feel resentment? Thanks Hello. I am individual contributor...

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It takes more than prominently displaying a long sword on the wall behind you and saying, oh, that's just my emotional support sword when asked about it in a Zoom meeting to be a great software engineer. This is episode 535 of the Soft Skills Engineering podcast, where I'm your host, Jameson Dance.

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I'm your host, Dave Smith. Soft Skills Engineering is your weekly advice show about all the non-technical things that to go into the technical field of software development, like your interior decorating choices

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and what they say about you and what they make other people say about you also. And you left one person out. The sword itself can speak.

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