Comment by yieldcrv
5 months ago
I periodically get told by my Product Manager that I’m thinking with my managerial hat on, again.
I joined a company as lead [software] engineer because I prefer that track while I have experience in management and C-Suite. dumb product and marketing decisions impact some engineering work, and I know the solutions for
I mostly avoid saying anything except when solving those things is the answer to the goals the PM keeps asking me about. When I do say things I’m told not to.
Enjoy your proverbial 90 degree turns!
I have this problem two, in both directions!
When I don't bring things up, I wind up sitting in a tedious and insulting retrospective meeting about "what went wrong"
When I do bring things up I get told "don't worry too much about that, that's the PMs job and they have it all figured out"
That is why I build a "paper trail" via email or chat when I predict things might go wrong and managers still insist to doing things.