[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.
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| 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.
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| 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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