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by miguelbemartin 154 days ago
I've heard this a few times already on Twitter, but wouldn't your time be better spent in other areas? even if it is 10 or 15 mins? I am having a hard time understanding this sentiment from SEM.

If it's something that anyone could do in just 10 minutes, it could be another simple task for the ICs working with you.
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gtirloni 152 days ago
Context switch cost for engineers is very high. I'd appreciate if my manager avoided those as much as possible.

Also, what other 10-15min task an EM could be doing in your opinion?

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miguelbemartin 152 days ago
You will need ICs to review the code, approve the PR, and this will go to the pipeline and eventually get released. So you won't avoid engineers having the context of this piece of work.

In my opinion, an EM should use these 10-15 minutes for any of the responsibilities that they have in their role.

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