Examining the Disconnect Between Personal Career Growth and Organizational Management Expectations
By
jkbyc
6mo ago· 9 min readenOpinion
100/100
Golden Brown
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Summary
The article critiques modern engineering management practices, arguing that the concept of 'good engineering management' has become a fad. The author explores the disconnect between personal career advancement and organizational effectiveness, noting that managers are being told they've been doing things wrong for the past decade and need to adopt new models to stay relevant in the current industry iteration. The piece examines the tension between individual career growth and company expectations in today's tech landscape.
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This is also a question that your company asks about you every performance cycle: is this engineering manager spending their time effectively to advance the company or their organization?
Confusingly, in my experience, answering these nominally similar questions has surprisingly little in common.
This piece spends some time exploring both questions in the particularly odd moment we live in today, where managers are being told they've spent the last decade doing the wrong things.
As I get older, I increasingly think about
whether I’m spending my time the right way
to advance my career and my life.
This is also a question that your company
asks about you every performance cycle:
is this engineering manager spending their
time effec
