Charity Majors • 1/23/2021

Questionable Advice: “How do I feel worthwhile as a manager when my people are doing all the implementing?”

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This article addresses a common struggle for engineering managers: feeling worthwhile when their team handles all the implementation. It contrasts the immediate dopamine of coding with the long-term, indirect impact of management, explores the loss of public credit, and critiques unrealistic expectations of managerial motivation.

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