Employees are happier when led by people with deep expertise
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HN comment orderAt a unicorn I was working at, MBAs were being hired to be engineering managers. I did not see a single engineer promoted to management, it was mostly all MBAs. The few I had direct contact were really useless at helping engineers out, all I ever heard from them was "Just get it done.". If I asked for help, they'd say "Well who else is gonna do it then?". I felt demoralised and lost some of my confidence. But the…
I think the conclusions miss the mark slightly and focus on a symptom of good bosses: they care about tasks from a state of understanding what is required to do them well, they have empathy for the challenges, and respect for the talent in completing them. Obviously the easiest way to get to this perspective is to experience it first-hand, hence the correlation between those who could do the job and being good managers of the job, but I don't…
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- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 1460
- Total comments
- 441
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Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-01-03 | If Your Boss Could Do Your Job, You’re More Likely to Be Happy at Work | devy | 5 | 0 |
| 2017-01-06 | If Your Boss Could Do Your Job, You’re More Likely to Be Happy at Work | charlieirish | 3 | 0 |
| 2017-01-08 | If Your Boss Could Do Your Job, You’re More Likely to Be Happy at Work | dons | 3 | 0 |
| 2017-01-09 | If Your Boss Could Do Your Job, You’re More Likely to Be Happy at Work | reactor | 2 | 0 |
| 2017-01-25 | Employees are happier when led by people with deep expertiseFirst breakout · Best thread | reactor | 756 | 238 |
| 2021-03-26 | Employees are happier when led by people with deep expertise (2016)Latest 20+ point return | mgh2 | 691 | 203 |