jdudkeidnn

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   by jdudkeidnn 3y ago

   > still not have an understanding of the details of what your reports are doing at some point in time in a given project What’s preventing the manager from asking? More generally I think this is handled by standups (really any daily repo
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   by jdudkeidnn 3y ago

   > Keep a log of your work. In fact, keep a log of everything you do This is exactly how contract work is done. If you’re doing this as a full time employee you’re underpaid (assuming it’s for your employer - doing it for yourself is a gr
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   by jdudkeidnn 3y ago

   I’m not quite following…this would be equivalent to a manager asking a dev what work needs to be done (I think). Which is good and healthy - and requires the manager to understand the report (as well as have a record of it, so no need for a
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   by jdudkeidnn 3y ago

   > Competent managers can distinguish between those How do you do this without deep knowledge of what your reports are doing?
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   by jdudkeidnn 3y ago

   While I agree with and appreciate the pragmatism of this, I think there’s a fundamental problem if an employee has to report their work to their manager (or employer, etc). Management that is not deeply aware of what their reports are doing