[HN Gopher] The Update, the Vent, and the Disaster (2010)
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       The Update, the Vent, and the Disaster (2010)
        
       Author : lawlorino
       Score  : 20 points
       Date   : 2021-11-26 10:22 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | civilized wrote:
       | I am a non-people manager, dual IC / team lead who spends about
       | 20% of my time supervising and helping a few ICs plan and execute
       | their projects. Having some Venters or Ranters or Disasters in my
       | weekly project meetings would be interesting. But what I actually
       | get is mostly relentlessly slow, underwhelming progress.
       | 
       | I really want to shake some of these people by the shoulders and
       | ask what on earth they were doing for last week's 40 hours when
       | the items they reported progress on seem like they'd take 10-20%
       | of that at most.
        
       | cesaref wrote:
       | A quick question for you peeps working in larger organisations
       | with 1:1s (i've been out of that game for a number of years). How
       | have you adapted your 1:1s for remote working? It's always felt
       | to me that moving out of the usual workspace to have these
       | discussions is an important aspect (effectively on neutral
       | ground) and i'm wondering how this is achieved remotely - how
       | does it feel different to the team member than yet another video
       | call?
        
         | samsolomon wrote:
         | Unless there's a need to show work, you can always take these
         | and go on a walk. I frequently did that during 1 on 1s with my
         | previous manager.
        
       | beh9540 wrote:
       | One of my favorite resources on 1:1s, I was just sharing this in
       | a management class I had to take.
       | 
       | I highly recommend his book "Managing Humans" to anyone who's
       | looking to be in Engineering Management.
        
       | dang wrote:
       | Discussed at the time:
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       |  _Rands in Repose: How to Run a 1:1_ -
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1716939 - Sept 2010 (27
       | comments)
        
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