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Upwards mobility (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
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[–] 8 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Technical managers exist. Yes, it's a manager's responsibility to understand the field he's working in. He doesn't need to be a more skilled engineer, but he needs to understand what his/her people are saying.

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  • [–] -1 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    but he needs to understand what his/her people are saying.

    It isn't enough to detect deliberate lies from an engineer like in this case.

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    There are ways to know. Did the manager ask for proof of concept? Asked for performance tests of the update and compared it to existing/baseline?

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  • [–] -2 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Did the manager ask

    How can I know? Plus engineer could easily lie as he did it right from the start.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago

    Of course don't just ask the engineer. Any piece of code written by the engineer should ultimately be tested by a separate testing team before getting pushed to production. Ideally you have a performance and regression testing team that would help evaluate the changes being introduced and how it compares with the existing.

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