> Sniffing around pisses people off. Sniffing around is often interpreted as micromanagement, a passive aggressive way of stating, “I don’t believe you can do your job.”
Too true. There are a lot of great things about managing engineers, but once or twice I've had direct reports who get extra-pissy when I would ask for details. ... details which, in fact, were vital to dig into, because once I had these details I found out that there were huge areas of rot in the structure of the plan.
Too true. There are a lot of great things about managing engineers, but once or twice I've had direct reports who get extra-pissy when I would ask for details. ... details which, in fact, were vital to dig into, because once I had these details I found out that there were huge areas of rot in the structure of the plan.