[x86x87]

I will tell you what. When I joined this field (decades ago) an entry level engineer would (after rampup) do more than whole teams do today.

This is not because people were somewhat better back at that point in time.

We had trust, respect for people's time and overall everyone was at least directionally pulling in the same direction.

Today we have a low trust, hustle and micromanagement culture. I am shocked every time people with experience simply don't help grow a junior engineer (because fuck em and they're gonna find a better job if they grow, amiright?). I am shocked whenever we throw people at a problem while it was shown over and over again the approach does not work for that problem. Shocked when trivial improvements are hailed as the ultimate engineering feat and impressive engineering feats are met with meh. I am shocked when people do not think (at all, zero, nada) about the performance and maintainability of the code they bang out.

People just started giving zero fucks. The future is bright.

[nine_zeros]

> Today we have a low trust, hustle and micromanagement culture. I am shocked every time people with experience simply don't help grow a junior engineer (because fuck em and they're gonna find a better job if they grow, amiright?). I am shocked whenever we throw people at a problem while it was shown over and over again the approach does not work for that problem. Shocked when trivial improvements are hailed as the ultimate engineering feat and impressive engineering feats are met with meh. I am shocked when people do not think (at all, zero, nada) about the performance and maintainability of the code they bang out.

Do you work at my company?

[bluefirebrand]

This is basically what every company is like nowadays.

I think we can thank the MBA-ification of the workplace for that.

[6510]

I'm "secretly" pondering a formula where a group of employees share an assistant rather than a manager.

In stead of a layer of management above the people manager the assistants also share an assistant.

With a small salary comes a rigid job description without free styling.

1-4 times per year you bring in a consultant/freelancer to read the reports (AI generated abstractions) and twiddle the knobs for however long it takes. Say 1-2 weeks with nothing but meetings. It should probably involve a hotel, resort or boat trip.

[bluefirebrand]

How do you manage hiring and firing from the team?

That's ultimately why Managers wind up "on top", they can make choices about who to bring on, and who to let go.

And since they are "on top", they say they deserve more money and more control, etc.

[x86x87]

You're half joking probably but this is what a manager should be. Someone who enables you, not someone who makes your job hard.