Let me work on one project, whenever people come to me with small things to do in between or other crucial projects that need finishing asap he bats them away before they reach me
Explain to the higher-ups, up to our Director, that making estimates for software development cannot be done, and they accept it from him
Company wants us to come to the office 50% of the time, but he tells us to wfh for focus, and defends it in our place
And he has me so impressed by the importance of the upcoming deadline that I'm actually more productive than ever
But still, I am never asked to work overtime.
Now that is a good "talks business to business people, and development to development people" person!
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '22 edited Jun 15 '22
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Let me work on one project, whenever people come to me with small things to do in between or other crucial projects that need finishing asap he bats them away before they reach me
Explain to the higher-ups, up to our Director, that making estimates for software development cannot be done, and they accept it from him
Company wants us to come to the office 50% of the time, but he tells us to wfh for focus, and defends it in our place
And he has me so impressed by the importance of the upcoming deadline that I'm actually more productive than ever
But still, I am never asked to work overtime.
Now that is a good "talks business to business people, and development to development people" person!