Answer by Hakan for What is a 'friendly' way to let managers know that having...
Unfortunately you are now experiencing the collision of the mentality difference between the office workers and software developers. Here are the facts about the office environments that you must...
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Having read through the answers, I haven't seen a managers perspective.Let's say I have 5 developers. They are meeting deadlines, no major issues, etc. However the total time at work per week for the...
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Over a lot of years, I've found that creative people work best on as loose a leash as possible. Every once in a while, somebody abuses this, and you have to deal with that on an individual basis....
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I was in exactly the same position about ten years ago. Very difficult to negotiate this - there are very few managers of this sort, especially if they are new on the job, that will appreciate...
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Your "Rockstar Programmer" mentality has caused you to fail to recognize what is important to your supervisor. He may feel (right or wrong) that keeping several lesser developers happy is more...
View ArticleAnswer by Steve Jessop for What is a 'friendly' way to let managers know that...
Specifically to the point of educating your manager: I'm not a Christian and you don't have to be either in order to take something away from the parable of the workers in the vineyard. Unless your...
View ArticleAnswer by Erik Reppen for What is a 'friendly' way to let managers know that...
The friendliest thing you can say is the blunt, honest, tactless thing. "Well Bob, the only reason I'm still here is because I like the fact that I don't really have to work a full work week. It's...
View ArticleAnswer by Muz for What is a 'friendly' way to let managers know that having...
Don't confront. Explain your point of view in management language - how it improves productivity, rather than selfish personal benefits.The 8 hour work-day is based on assembly lines and heuristic...
View ArticleAnswer by Brian Warshaw for What is a 'friendly' way to let managers know...
One's productivity may decline after n number of hours, and yet still remain above 0%. Assuming that yours begins to reduce after six consecutive hours, your boss will still get more out of 2 hours at...
View ArticleAnswer by Code Whisperer for What is a 'friendly' way to let managers know...
OP, this is a good question.Eight hours in a day is an arbitrary number. It may be stated explicitly in your contract (which, I'm sure, your employer will conveniently forget about when he would like...
View ArticleAnswer by Adam Davis for What is a 'friendly' way to let managers know that...
I find it helpful to think of my relationship with my employer as a business relationship. I am providing a service and receiving benefits. They are providing benefits and receiving a service. If, at...
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The reality is that any of our senior developers can walk out the door and have a new job with as much as 30-40% higher pay within a week. Most of us are only staying here for the casual environment,...
View ArticleAnswer by user3139334 for What is a 'friendly' way to let managers know that...
Get him a copy of Tom DeMarco's Peopleware and put a marker in it to the page on Spanish theory management (STM). STM refers to the concept of mining people as a resource the way the Spanish tried to...
View ArticleAnswer by Paul Sobocinski for What is a 'friendly' way to let managers know...
Most of us are only staying here for the casual environment, and being able to mix personal time into our work days.Start off by telling him that, prefacing it with "Hey boss, I have a hard truth to...
View ArticleAnswer by Ian Lewis for What is a 'friendly' way to let managers know that...
No-one is indispensable. An uncomfortable truth but something you might consider when looking at whether you like the new regime or not.The new manager may not be experienced in the ways of developers...
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I'm still a student, but I faced a similar problem at a previous internship.My route was to avoid threatening (as far as possible) and simply go with "These are my job requirements, that involve me...
View ArticleAnswer by Ross Drew for What is a 'friendly' way to let managers know that...
I feel and have voiced on other occasions that developers should be measured by their work quality and output and not by the time they put into working. I think this is an old way of dealing with...
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I've recently quit my job after securing a position in another company and I'd like to share my opinion about this situation. If the management doesn't know about current market prices for your...
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Your manager's job is to manage you. You want to tell your manager that you will leave if he tries. This is going to be an adversarial discussion no matter what. If you want to get the point across...
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Your manager is your manager. Unless the company specifically doesn't allow your role to be set to fixed hours, or doesn't allow your manager to set fixed hours, or you have a contract controlling...
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I work for a small company, where we recently had a change of managers. The new manager has no experience managing developers, and the old manager has moved into a development role to fill in gaps left...
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