I guess the point is that a lot of those other reasons are caused by managers.
Gotta put up fights with other teams to do your job? Manager should be unblocking you.
Got no tools, bad computer? Manager should be putting up a fight.
Low salary? Manager should be negotiating on your behalf.
But on the other hand, maybe I'm just old fashioned.
Today, in the world of micromanagement, line-managers aren't expected to be much more than cannon-fodder to be blamed by C-levels when developers are unhappy.
> Today, in the world of micromanagement, line-managers aren't expected to be much more than cannon-fodder to be blamed by C-levels when developers are unhappy.
Exactly. Line managers take the heat from above and below. In a dysfunctional organization, they can make your life worse but they have very limited ability to make it better. That’s why I object to the “people quit bad managers” quote. It’s just not true to my experience, and it absolves poor executive leadership from responsibility.
That makes sense. Funny enough, the person who told me that was a C-Level who was blocking salary increases that were long overdue. I ended up leaving, ha.
Gotta put up fights with other teams to do your job? Manager should be unblocking you.
Got no tools, bad computer? Manager should be putting up a fight.
Low salary? Manager should be negotiating on your behalf.
But on the other hand, maybe I'm just old fashioned.
Today, in the world of micromanagement, line-managers aren't expected to be much more than cannon-fodder to be blamed by C-levels when developers are unhappy.