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		nine_zeros on July 13, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Shopify elevated the non-manager career path and d... > Once you get to a point in management seniority, everything that goes wrong is your fault. Guess whose fault it becomes once the line manager is being blamed from above.

vkou on July 13, 2023 [–]

He can blame you all he wants, but firing you is unlikely to ship whatever he wants faster.

nine_zeros on July 13, 2023 | [–]

I still get fired, despite having done nothing wrong. The company doesn't want engineers fired for BS reasons. Only the manager wants it.

Management games are detrimental to innovation.

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