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My manager spent $1M on a backup server that I never used

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Re: My manager spent $1M on a backup server that I never used

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Post by roncesvalles »

kubb wrote: post #8

My manager doesn't do almost anything. I wonder why they keep him around. He has like two reports and we're both fully self-directed. He can't understand technical issues, and whenever he proposes something, it's completely untenable due to his lack of understanding what's useful or possible.

He's around so that your skip has to manage 1 person instead of 2.

Re: My manager spent $1M on a backup server that I never used

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Post by bitlad »

kubb wrote: post #8

My manager doesn't do almost anything. I wonder why they keep him around. He has like two reports and we're both fully self-directed. He can't understand technical issues, and whenever he proposes something, it's completely untenable due to his lack of understanding what's useful or possible.

Atleast your manager doesn't do anything. I have seen managers who do stuff and ruin the work that people have done.

Re: My manager spent $1M on a backup server that I never used

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Post by lordnacho »

kubb wrote: post #8

My manager doesn't do almost anything. I wonder why they keep him around. He has like two reports and we're both fully self-directed. He can't understand technical issues, and whenever he proposes something, it's completely untenable due to his lack of understanding what's useful or possible.

Chesterton's Manager?

Re: My manager spent $1M on a backup server that I never used

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Post by MathMonkeyMan »

kubb wrote: post #8

My manager doesn't do almost anything. I wonder why they keep him around. He has like two reports and we're both fully self-directed. He can't understand technical issues, and whenever he proposes something, it's completely untenable due to his lack of understanding what's useful or possible.

I'm beginning to think that making more money by becoming a better developer is hard, and that managing, while difficult in a totally different way, is less hard. At least for the money.

Re: My manager spent $1M on a backup server that I never used

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Post by version_five »

Etheryte wrote: post #12
neves wrote: post #4

[flagged]

Have you considered that there may be more to a four-page essay than a short title can convey?

While theoretically true, it's so often not the case that I'm not surprised people just use the headline to infer what the article explains.

Re: My manager spent $1M on a backup server that I never used

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Post by Gigachad »

kubb wrote: post #8

My manager doesn't do almost anything. I wonder why they keep him around. He has like two reports and we're both fully self-directed. He can't understand technical issues, and whenever he proposes something, it's completely untenable due to his lack of understanding what's useful or possible.

My manager isn’t a programmer but uses ChatGPT to educate himself on a topic and attempts to read the code to see what’s happening before asking one of us if anything is still unclear.
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