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Senior and technical managers lack the latest skills needed

Principal Software Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at Dell for 6 years
July 18, 2019
Bengaluru, Karnataka
4.0
Doesn't RecommendPositive OutlookApproves of CEO
Pros

Working for Dell EMC is good, but not Dell.

Managers from Legacy EMC had the technical knowledge to understand.

Cons

Managers from legacy Dell do not understand much technically.

At Dell, influence and contacts matter more than an employee's skill.

The senior Dell employees lack the latest skills and still follow the waterfall model, but they name it Agile.

Few teams speak about AI/ML; they know nothing beyond a chatbot.

Advice to Management

Let the senior employees (Principal and Senior engineers) who have the technical grade take some technical tasks instead of just excel sheets and managing teams and contractors.

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