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by danielscrubs
2545 days ago
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So true, I've met all of them during my decade of work! But I've had one instance when the project manager was the snowflake. The manager needed constant validation, and when he didn't get it he became angry. Last time, half the team just left within a year. What I've gathered is that more often than not, they are micro managers with some kind of broken confidence (bad divorce, bad education or bad health can all take its toll on it). "If people just listened to me..." is their motto, no matter who they talk to or what subject. When other teams down-prioritised our team because they didn't want to work with him it was shit flinging time! I'm starting to get better at sensing if people just want to win a discussion or want to learn & teach. But I wished I learnt it sooner. |
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The older I get the more I see this as a _critical_ soft skill to have in the corporate world. I wish I could go back to myself in earlier engineering roles and say, "just stop talking - these people don't care, they're only here for the narrative."