Great product and tech, held back by weak management
Great product and tech, held back by weak management
- Great products with ample chance to feel that you are having an impact.
- While a lot of tech is in-house, it is actually quite powerful and ergonomic. There is very little reinventing of the wheel for most engineers.
- Offices, comp, and colleagues are pretty good, which are some of the best in Estonia.
- Management, which includes upper, middle, and team, is just plain weak, and it is the weakest I have ever seen.
- Unrealistic and naive expectations cascade down from upper management through to ICs with little practical pushback.
- ICs end up carrying the burden, cutting corners, and delivering questionable solutions without having a real voice to push back.
- Invest in management training.
- Actually measure management performance through more than just "delivered yes/no". It seems like there is very little real consideration for the fact that one can deliver a lot by cutting corners, destroying morale, delivering empty husks of products, etc.
- Understand that your role is important, but so is your domain expert's role. You don't just "know better" than your ICs. Invite pushback and collaborate explicitly. You understandably can't involve everyone and always, but at least do some basic sanity checking with your ICs!
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