Be careful of high-ego managers – “workplace psychopaths”
Be careful of high-ego managers – “workplace psychopaths”
Strong engineering culture - high degree of emphasis on software engineering craft. Founder-led and ambitious. Exciting and dynamic space (commerce).
Some very strong ego managers push to build their kingdoms. You’re at the whim of your boss, with no recourse for any issues. Poor, even problematic, leadership behavior often “hides” because of the bias towards loud/strong egos over thoughtful ones. Weak understanding of data topics at the highest levels means weak ML and data culture compared to peers.
Weed out problematic managers. You’re attracting more and more classic “workplace psychopaths” that have been shown to self-select into management. They’re very good at managing up but very poor at managing down.
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